The Mets have designated righty Corey Oswalt for assignment, per a team announcement. His roster spot will go to Albert Almora, whose previously reported deal is now official.
Oswalt, 27, has received several MLB opportunities over the past three seasons. All told, he carries a 6.19 ERA with a 16.4% strikeout rate, 7.5% walk rate, and 41.3% groundball rate through 84 1/3 innings of action.
None of those stats jump off the page. Likewise, Oswalt doesn’t throw particularly hard and didn’t produce gaudy peripherals in the minors. That said, he has produced full-season, sub-3.00 ERA efforts at the Double-A and Triple-A levels and could hold appeal elsewhere as a depth arm.
davidk1979
Who goes for Villar? Makeika?
padreforlife
San Diego kid too bad
Gothamcityriddler
Corey Edward Oswalt, when he first arrived in Queens they called him “The CEO” then they saw him pitch & called him DOA.
PitcherMeRolling
None of that happened
deweybelongsinthehall
None of those stats jump off the page…maybe give them a push…
Bart Harley Jarvis
No, Pitch. I remember that happening.
joeyrocafella
This is false information lol
of9376
Love how people commenting don’t understand this is satire
MetsFan22
Bye. Maybe the marlins will pick you up. Good luck.
VonPurpleHayes
He’s no Roy. That’s for sure.
bucketbrew35
Beat me to it. I loved Roy Oswalt when he was a Philly. I met him once. He was truly down to earth and humble.
VonPurpleHayes
We were so spoiled from 2007-2011. Only one championship, but such great teams. Loved Oswalt as well. That was one of the greatest rotations in recent history. Nothing but fond memories of Oswalt’s time in Philly.
Metsin777
Should of DA’d Drew Smith or Daniel Zamora, Oswalt better than both of them
MrMet33
Horrible take. Smith hasn’t been healthy but has much better stuff. Zamora might go next or Tarpley since they are both Loogies.
raisinsss
Do you even know any of the players whose names you’ve mentioned there?
ExileInLA 2
They’ll go soon enough…
Metsfan9
Corey is about as garbage as those 2
AHH-Rox
No relation to Roy, apparently. Is Oswalt the most unusual surname to have 2 unrelated players in MLB? I’ve never heard of that name apart from those two.
robbiecraig
Patton Oswalt?
gijoelm
Lee Harvey
gijoelm
Oswald. Close
nmendoza7
I mean there’s Paul and Roger Clemens, you’d nearly think they’re related but they aren’t.
tom brunanskys black sock
Imagine being named Corey
Orel Saxhiser
If Major League Baseball was smart, they would have an annual day honoring names like Corey, Jody, and Madison. All boys with a girl’s first name get in for half-price. They should also pay tribute to Cory Snyder for breaking MLB’s Cory Barrier in 1986.
rct
Corey/Cory is much more predominantly used as a boy’s name.
VonPurpleHayes
In the 80s, Corey was a hugely popular boys names.
andremets
Like the two coreys from Lost Boys and Goonies
BobbyKidd1965
You, good sir, should be a Marketing Director!
PoloGrounds62
Finally! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
rrieders
So which team will be claiming him. Since every Mets scrub pitcher who gets DFA always gets claimed
raisinsss
Here I was, thinking Corey Oswalt, Chris Flexen, and Walker Lockett were all the same person.
#themoreyouknow
Orel Saxhiser
Were they ever all rocked in the same game at once?
andremets
That actually may have happened. I remember one of them couldn’t even get one out in a start.
Larry David's Joe Pepitone Jersey
Don’t forget Drew Gagnon!
@Cey Hey: I couldn’t find a game where more than 1 of them appeared. The plot thickens!
angt222
Seattle will claim him.
Rangers29
This is the best move the Mets have made all off-season.
BobbyKidd1965
@Cey Hey You, good sir, should be a Marketing Director!
rudyrudnick
finnaly he was awful for the mets
Metsfan9
I’m glad we’re purging on all those scrub pitchers that could guarantee that no lead was safe!
PiratesFan1981
This looks like a Pirates sign. Go get ‘em
Dan Hunter
Here comes Jake Arrieta to the rescue!
mgrap84
This has Orioles written all over it. We seem to claim pitchers like this thinking there is something there and they still end up sucking