The Mets have chosen the contract of lately acquired infielder Eddy Alvarez from Triple-A Syracuse and designated fellow infielder Pablo Reyes for task so as to open area on the lively roster and 40-man roster, tweets Mike Puma of the New York Publish. Alvarez was acquired from the Crimson Sox in alternate for money earlier right now.
Like Alvarez, Reyes was additionally acquired from the Crimson Sox in alternate for money — though that swap befell again in Could. The Mets chosen him to the large league roster earlier this month when rosters expanded to twenty-eight gamers. Reyes didn’t make a plate look with the Mets however did rating a run after coming into their Sept. 1 recreation as a pinch runner. He hit .183/.234/.217 in 64 plate appearances with Boston earlier this season.
The 31-year-old Reyes gave the Crimson Sox almost league-average offense final season — .287/.339/.377 in 185 plate appearances — however has usually been a light-hitting utilityman in an enormous league profession that’s now spanned 4 groups (Pirates, Brewers, Crimson Sox, Mets) throughout components of six seasons. In 572 plate appearances on the MLB stage, Reyes is a .248/.309/.349 hitter. He’s hung out at each defensive place apart from catcher — pitcher included — however has primarily been a second baseman/shortstop/third baseman.
A profession .277/.347/.450 hitter in components of six Triple-A seasons, Reyes has a stable minor league monitor report however has by no means discovered prolonged success within the majors. He’s out of minor league choices and thus can’t be despatched down with out clearing waivers first, and even then he’d have the appropriate to reject an outright task in favor of free company by advantage of the truth that he’s been outrighted beforehand in his profession. He’ll head to waivers now that he’s been DFA and can probably clear, as he did again in Could when Boston additionally designated him for task.
