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The Mets and free-agent lefty are in agreement on a big league contract, Robert Murray of Fansided. He last week. Lovelady has pitched in parts of six different major league seasons, working 101 innings between the Royals, As, Cubs, Rays and Blue Jays. Hes posted an ugly 5.26 earned run average in that time despite generally solid rate stats. Hes punched out 21.2% of his opponents, i sued walks at an 8. Joaquin Andujar Jersey 7% clip and kept 50.2% of batted balls against him on the ground. The 29-year-old hasnt been plagued by home runs (1.07 HR/9) or an outlandish average on balls in play (.301). However, Lovelady has struggled a fair bit to prevent the runners he does yield from cro sing home plate; Loveladys 65% strand rate is about seven percentage points worse than average and goes a long way toward explaining the gap between his 5.26 ERA and fielding-independent metrics like FIP (4.32) and SIERA (4.05). With the Twins, Lovelady was in the midst of a strong run in Triple-A. Hed pitched 20 2/3 innings for their St. Paul affiliate, logging a pristine 1.31 ERA with a 26.5% strikeout rate, an 8.4% walk rate and a 60.4% grounder rate. Hes not a hard-thrower, sitting just 91.7 mph with his average heater, but Lovelady sports a career 2.67 ERA, 27% strikeout rate and 6.8% walk rate in parts of seven Triple-A seasons. These types of additions often result in short stays with the big league club, but if Lovelady gets out to a nice start and solidifies a place in the Mets relief corps, he can be retained via arbitration this winter and controlled for an additional three seasons. The Mets have lost southpaws and to season-ending surgeries. At the moment, DFA pickup is the lone southpaw in their bullpen. Lovelady will join him and hope for an extended opportunity not di similar to the one that Young parlayed into a more solid spot in Carlos Mendozas bullpen. However, Lovelady is out of minor league options, which could work against him in that regard. Rafael Montero Jersey |
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