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The Mets announced six minor league signings this afternoon: LHP Jerry Blevins, RHP Jerad Eichoff, LHP Tom Windle, INF Wilfredo Tovar, LHP Camrin Opp, and C Jose Colina. The first four of those players received invitations to spring training.
Jerry Blevins is arguably the highest profile signing of the sextet, as the 37 year-old veteran has spent 13 solid years in the majors, split between the Athletics, Nationals, Mets, and most recently the Braves in 2019 he spent the entirety of 2020 as a free agent after being cut by the Giants in March. Blevins spent four years in Queens, though he spent most of 2015 on the shelf after fracturing his arm on a comebacker, and re-fracturing his arm after slipping and falling on a curb. Blevins will bring a career 3.54 ERA to the table.
December 21st, 2020
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FLUSHING, N.Y., December 21, 2020 – The New York Mets announced today that the team has signed LHP Jerry Blevins, RHP Jerad Eickhoff, LHP Tom Windle and INF Wilfredo Tovar to minor league contracts with an invitation to Major League Spring Training.
Blevins, 37, is a 13-year major league veteran and is 30-13 with seven saves and a 3.54 ERA in 609 games. His last major league action came with Atlanta in 2019, where he was 1-0 with one save and a 3.90 ERA (14 earned runs/32.1 innings) with 16 walks and 37 strikeouts in 45 games.
The Johnson City, TN native spent four seasons with the Mets from 2015-2018. He owns a 14-4 record with a 3.38 ERA (52 earned runs/138.2 innings) with 61 walks and 166 punchouts in 219 career appearances with New York. He was originally acquired by New York from Washington on March 30, 2015 in exchange for outfielder Matt den Dekker.
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Posted Dec 21, 2020 Jerry Blevins is a 13-year major league veteran who pitched for the New York Mets from 2015 to 2018. (John Munson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Syracuse, N.Y. The 2021 roster of the Syracuse Mets picked up a few more potential players on Monday.
The New York Mets announced the signings of four players to minor league deals. They will all be invited to major league spring training.
The four players are LHP Jerry Blevins, RHP Jerad Eickhoff, LHP Tom Windle and INF Wilfredo Tovar.