We’ll track the day’s minor moves here:
- Mets lefty Aaron Laffey has decided to retire, according to Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review Journal (via Twitter). The 33-year-old, an eight-year MLB veteran, had been pitching for the organization’s top affiliate. Laffey was struggling quite a bit, though, carrying an unsightly 11.77 ERA through 26 innings in six starts. He recorded only 11 strikeouts against six walks while surrendering a whopping 45 base hits and ten long balls. Over his 494 1/3 career innings in the majors, the last of which came in 2015, Laffey worked to a 4.44 ERA. He spent the bulk of his time with the Indians and also saw substantial action with the Blue Jays, along with shorter stints with the Mets, Mariners, Yankees, and Rockies.
- Backstop Steven Baron has cleared waivers after being outrighted by the Cardinals, according to a club announcement and as tweeted by Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It seems Baron will accept an assignment to Triple-A. He was designated for assignment recently after a brief MLB stint, during which he recorded his first hit in the majors. The 27-year-old is a .248/.307/.333 hitter in 455 career plate appearances at Triple-A.
Not about Barron specifically, but unsure how many of these catchers are getting Dfa’d, and the Mets don’t just pick them up. Their catchers on. Their farm teams suck
Meseraco hasn’t been bad and Plawecki is back. What would the, Mets do with another catcher?
Pitching in Las Vegas for the Mets will make anybody retire.
Playing in Flushing for the Mets makes anybody retire. Except A-Gon, Reyes, Wright, et al.
Some Mariners memories with these two… Laffey seemed at his best when he was packaged with Fister in the awful trade to the Tigers, and Baron just never seemed close to making it. Ah well, good luck to both.
The biggest surprise in this article for me, was that Aaron Laffey is only 33 years old
Ha!
I was in elementary school during the peak years of the Sabathia/Lee Indians rotation and I remember thinking that Aaron Laffey would be a pretty solid starter for a while too. Good luck to him in retirement.