Ty Kelly isn’t the only member of the 2017 World Baseball Classic Israeli squad with a Non Roster Invite to major league camp, meet Zach Borenstein! His most famous baseball feet to this point came in that tournament where he had the go-ahead single that put Israel in front of Cuba.
Borenstein, who will be 27 this season, is coming from the Angels organization where he has played since he was 20. Last year, his second full season in Reno (where he was still 0.4 years younger than the average player) he hit .279/.351/.573 over 433 PAs. In over 2600 minor league PA’s he has hit .283/.355/.502, so he can hit in the minors.
Ultimately Borenstein is a depth signing for the Mets they will hope they won’t have to dip into. The Mets are light on outfielders on their 40-man. The signing of den Dekker pushes Zach farther down the organization depth chart. It’s not impossible to imagine Borenstein sniffing the majors this year only because Travis Taijeron made it last year.
