Mets Designate Miguel Batista for Assignment
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Miguel Batista will no longer be a part of “the best team in
baseball,” as the Mets designated him for assignment before this afternoon’s
game.
Batista, 41, is 1-3 with a 4.82 ERA making five starts and
appearing in 25 other games as a reliever.
Batista last pitched Saturday, suffering the loss after
lasting only three innings and surrendering four earned runs.
“It was very tough,” Mets manger Terry Collins said of the
decision. “Miguel’s done a great job here. He’s a first-class guy and brings a lot to
the party as far as his clubhouse presence, especially that Dominican presence
with [Jordany] Valdespin and a couple young guys. He’s been great helping those guys mature at
this level and he’s done a good job.”
Batista’s presence in the clubhouse might be missed, but not
his performance on the field.
Designating Batista for assignment does cause some more problems for the
Mets. They are now in need of another
starter to pitch Thursday’s game in Arizona
as that was Batista’s next scheduled start.
This will add fuel to the fire of Mets top prospect Matt
Harvey being called up to make the start.
Harvey did struggle in his
start for Triple-A Buffalo Saturday, but his manager said that Harvey
was not in the game. It seemed more that
his head was in New York than Buffalo
with the rampant rumors that he would be called up.
“Hopefully he clears [waivers] and decides to stay and goes
down and pitches a little bit more,” Collins continued to say before the Mets
took on the Dodgers Sunday afternoon.
Right-handed reliever Elvin Ramirez was called up from Triple-A Buffalo to replace Batista for the time being.
Right-handed reliever Elvin Ramirez was called up from Triple-A Buffalo to replace Batista for the time being.
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