The Mets announced Wednesday that they’ve released infielder Sam Haggerty, who’d been designated for assignment last month to open roster space for right-hander Dellin Betances. Clubs typically must resolve a player’s DFA status within seven days, but as was the case with the Tigers and Brandon Dixon earlier today, it seems that the holidays delayed the resolution of this particular DFA.
As MetsMerized’s Jacob Resnick points out (Twitter link), because Haggerty was selected to the 40-man roster after Aug. 15 and would’ve been Rule 5-eligible, he wasn’t able to be outrighted off the Mets’ roster. He’ll now have the opportunity to talk with other clubs as a result of that technicality, but it’s certainly plausible that he’ll return to the Mets on a new minor league pact.
The 25-year-old Haggerty saw his first MLB action this past season but appeared in only 11 games and tallied only four plate appearances. A 24th-round pick by the Indians back in 2015, he came to the Mets alongside Walker Lockett last winter in the trade that sent catcher Kevin Plawecki to the Indians.
Haggerty has played primarily second base in the minors but has experience all over the infield and outfield as well. He’s a .250/.371/.378 hitter in 155 games of Double-A ball and has batted .271/.358/.424 in a much smaller sample of 19 games in Triple-A.
huh. didn’t know that.
Front office mistakes that could have been easily fixed, but end up costing you. That’s so Mets.
wow thats a bad opinion. haggerty was called up specifically and only to give the Mets a pinch running option on the bases in September. He was organizational depth and nothing more.
he got that health insurance for life though
Stab ya in the face with a soldering iron
I was just going to say that
Oh no! Killer mustard gas
Does your mother sew? B..m! Get her to sew that!
Happy to see a Walken quote here. A little humor goes a long way for a lot of us. Thanks for the laughs.
Cheers Skip
Wow it’s Amazin how inept they are!
Or they were just indifferent because Haggerty isn’t an especially valuable player. It’s not even guaranteed that he’ll sign somewhere else, I doubt teams will be beating down the door to sign C list Terrance Gore.
4 AB, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 SO…..yet he scored 2 runs?
Congrats, you can read a pinch runner’s statline.
Can someone go check Jacob Rhame’s basement to make sure there isn’t some random Wilpon cousin or grandchild tied up there?
Gotta wonder.
Seawald is much worse
Hope the Orioles will sign him. We need all the help we can get
Yeah, they need another 2B here in Norfolk.
The “that’s so Mets” comments are getting pretty tiring.
Seriously. He wasn’t even in the Mets top 50 prospects (Desmond Lindsey is still top 25, so that should tell you something) and was half of the “package” they got from Cleveland for one year of Plawecki, who didn’t fit in their plans. It’s hardly a loss if he signs elsewhere.
I think Bobby Bonilla is #39 on that list.
that low?
What??? He still has potential! BVW needs to go he just makes such baffling decisions
His “potential” is being a worse version of Terrance Gore.
Wow
Looks like a player that Theo will go after. They could definitely use some situational speed, as they may be the slowest team in the majors.
Seawald is the worst Mets pitcher I’ve ever seen and he keeps surviving every move somehow get rid of him already!
I’m thinking more like Edwin Diaz is the worst Mets pitcher I have seen
Sam’s middle name is “Onofrio”…..anybody with the name Samuel Onofrio Haggerty has GOT to be worth a waiver claim……
At first glance, I thought the Mets had released Sammy Hagar. Now that would be news!
Mets need another LH in the pen — and how about Kevin Pillar for CF — must be some team that wants Cano — maybe Texas could use him as their DH — they are looking for someone who can hit — Mets pay half his salary
Another spectacular offseason move by Van Wags, getting Haggerty and Walker Lockett’s 8.34 ERA for useful chip Kevin Plawecki.