I guess its a little misleading to say this opens the off-season since the Mets have already moved players through waivers (and have had them claimed by other teams), taken care of the managerial staff and have worked on the 40-man a bit.
Or what I really mean to say is by not putting the players names in the title, I really am just encouraging link bait, but whatever.
Anyway the Mets signed two players yesterday and both are expected to be invited to Spring Training.
First up is Joel Carreno, a 26 year old pitcher out of the Toronto system. He had a good year in the minors pitching over 60 innings in 50 games with a 2.43 record and a 2.43 ERA. This included a 12.2 K/9 rate and a 3.75 K to BB rate. He struggled in 2012 with the Blue Jays in the majors but overall between 2011 and 2012 didn’t do too bad with a 4.06 ERA and a 7.2 K/9 rate. He will look to compete for the 2014 Mets bullpen.
Next up is Anthony Seratelli at age 30. He’s a switch hitter from the Royal’s farm system and had a .273 BA, .393 OBP with 11 homers with the triple A team last year. He looks to compete for a spot on the bench on the major league squad or an emergency call up in the 2014 year.
