Brach … And Roll

Here we go guys. The new frontier of the no-trades-past-the-deadline era are free agents dumped onto the market for various reasons, like Donnie Hart, Asdrubal Cabrera and now, Brad Brach. We got two out of those three, and may have a fourth if reports hold true and soon-to-former-Giant Joe Panik arrives.

Brach, the former Oriole All-Star reliever released by the Cubs, will replace Hart in the Mets bullpen. He looks to be a victim of bad luck and less than ideal control but could shore up the corps ahead of this weekend’s crucial showdown with Cabrera and the Nationals. Brach’s a strapping righty out of Springsteen Country (Freehold, Monmouth) who’s worn four numbers in four big-league stops: The 29 he rocked most recently in Chicago is available here, so it’s our guess he gets it.

The Mets aren’t officially Panik-ing quite yet but with Robbie Cano out for weeks, consider Joe’s a local guy too (born in Yonkers, went to St. John’s), plays second base, bats lefthanded and is somewhat of a surer bet than Luis Guillorme (much less Cano) to perform for the rest of the year, if one can overlook the fact that he hasn’t been very good for the last two seasons and grew up a Derek Jeter fan. The 12 he’s worn for all six years of his career with the Giants belongs to Juan Lagares, but lucky for him No. 2 is available since Gavin Cecchini’s disappearance from both the Mets’ 40-man roster and their future, given his .225/.286/.314 line at AA Binghamton this year.

Let’s update all this when word’s official. Till then, LGM or as Pete Alonso might say, LFGM. For Pete’s sake.

 

  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • Facebook
  • Technorati
  • Reddit
  • Yahoo Buzz
  • StumbleUpon

6 comments

  1. Bill M says:

    Brach in 58 (2×29?), according to Mets player page. I also assumed he was gonna take 29. And speaking of washed up minor leaguers, anyone else notice Ruben Tejada is batting .340 in AAA?

  2. Maury-O says:

    Phil Regan has 58

  3. Chris says:

    Panik signed, Hechevarria DFA’d.

    Michael Baron on Twitter says 2 and 29 are the numbers assigned.

  4. Bill M says:

    Mets player page has been updated. I’ve noticed they are often behind the times when it comes to number assignments.

  5. Gordon says:

    Looks like the stars align for Reuben Tejada to get his old 11 back.

  6. Chris says:

    Sam Haggerty made his Mets debut last night in #19.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *