After the New York Mets officially announced that they have acquired Kelly Johnson and Juan Uribe from the Atlanta Braves, they broke the news that John Mayberry has been designated for assignment , additionally Daniel Muno with optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas.
Mayberry, 31, was acquired during the off-season in the hopes that he would give the team some right-handed punch off the bench.
However, things never worked out for Mayberry as he got off to a slow start in April, and things only got progressively worse from there.
The former first rounder from the 2005 draft, batted .165 for the Mets with a .229 on-base percentage. In 118 plate appearances, Mayberry posted a .550 OPS.
Muno, was batting .154 with a .429 OPS in 19 games with the Mets.
And that’s, that…
