Zach Attack

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Mets have signed minor league free agent outfielder Zach Borenstein and invited him to spring training.

Lefty hitter, 6-feet, will be 27 next year.

Last year for Reno in the PCL (Diamondbacks) he went 24-91 279/351/573//924

Here's Zach tattooing Seth Lugo for a 3-run homer:
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And here's Zach with a patriotic tribute to the former greatest country in the world:
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Here's a 3-run homer that bouces off his head and over the fence in right:
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[Edgy MD]

That transposition at the bridge is going to keep you in the minors, Zach.

[Edgy MD]

Originally signed with the Angels and has put up some good power numbers in some high-offense western circuits, slugging .502 across 688 minor league games.

Lefty-batting, righty-throwing corner outfielder who has played some (very) occasional third (six games). Highish strikeouts but a pretty good walk rate too.

Mets Twitterers are already referring to him as "Zach Boringsigning," but the team was certainly a minor league outfielder or three short last September. He certainly knocks Tim Tebow down the depth chart a notch. Played for Team Israel in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, joining Met fellow Met properties past and present such as Tyler Herron, Zack Thornton, Josh Zeid, Cody Decker, Ty Kelly, and Ike F. Davis.

[Edgy MD]

Scouting reports have compared him to José Canseco!

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[Guest 41Forever]

That's a pretty big bounce. Canseco's barely cleared the fence and he was standing right next to it!

Didn't we have the guy who, while in the minors, crashed all the way through the outfield wall? Who was that?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think his name was Rodney McCray? If I remember right, he was with some other organization when that happened, but he later joined the Mets.

G-Fafif would know for sure.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

It was McCray

[Guest 41Forever]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: It was McCray

Here it is!

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[bmfc1]

I'm guessing that we'll see lots of him in spring training games from the 4th or 5th inning on (especially in road games) and then he'll go to Vegas as one of the last cuts. If all goes well, we won't see him again until September and if things go badly as they did last year, we'll see him much sooner.

[Edgy MD]

41Forever wrote: That's a pretty big bounce.

Zach hasn't even reached the warning track, and the ball comes off his head and clears the track the fence and the bullpen, hitting eight or so feet off of the bullpen's back wall. I nearly blacked out just watching it.

[MFS62]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: It was McCray

And IIRC he was a ChiSox minor leaguer atthe time.
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