Swarzak Attak

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Twits say Mets on the verge of inking relief vet Anthony Swarzak to a 2-year deal.

I don't know Jak about this guy.

[Ceetar]

weird numbers. learned out to strike guys out recently and got 'good'?

He's been good-ish the last two years, the Yankee year he just got victimized by some bad fly-ball luck/little league stadium.

I'm a fan I think.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Huh. 32-year old righty had his career-best K/9 (10.59) and pushed his FB velocity up a full tick to a career-high 95 MPH.

I don't know how much this guy costs, but he looks sneakily intriguing.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Carig sez 2 years/ $14 mil.

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So far consensus seems "I think I probably like this move, maybe?"

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[G-Fafif]

He's never heard of me, either.

[Ceetar]

he went to Cleveland in 2015 and started striking guys out and getting good results. I wonder who the pitching coach was, we should talk to him.

[Edgy MD]

I'm uncomfortably reminded of the first free agent deal Sandy Alderson gave out as a Mets GM: two years to DJ Carrasco.

In the world of relievers, most live year to year, and then there are the maniac save compliers who generate three-to-five-year deals.

But there's the small David Weathers-y population in between. A journeyman vet righthander who has seemingly stabilized to the point where they get trusted with the two-year deal. But maybe it's only living year-to-year that helps stabilize such guys.

That's probably unfair, but at $7 million per year I wonder. Anyways, welcome to the Mets, Swarzie.

[A Boy Named Seo]

He was our Plan C, huh. Aside from Shaw, which other reliever did we whiff on?

[smg58]

Given the deals that Minor and Morrow got based essentially on one standout year in the pen, this is not an unreasonable price at all.

[bmfc1]

Good reviews on Twitter, e.g.:
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Why does every Mets-related tweet have to begin with a snarky comment?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: He was our Plan C, huh. Aside from Shaw, which other reliever did we whiff on?

Hunter or Neshek?

The K numbers are nice, and they've been increasing over the last three years. But strand rate and BABIP were lucky spikes... it does feel a bit like buying high. I mean, I originally came here to out-and-out rebut Edgy's Carrasco point... K-rate differences aside, though, I can't say it doesn't give me a similar feeling.

Call me cautiously optimistic.

[Edgy MD]

I remember that summer at Carrasco Point. Good times, man.

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, I wish I had some memory of this guy other than his name ... but I don't.
I even have zero memory of him as a Yank and that was only a year ago when he made 26 appearances and 31 innings of very undistinguished pitching between June & August of 2016.
Two of his rare good outings that year came against the Mets; scoreless innings two days apart although both were during mop-up time. The only other time we faced him was one inning as a Twin in 2013

[Edgy MD]

Stinking it up as a 2016 Yank can only endear him to me. Like Pedro Feliciano, picking the Yankees pockets should be seen as a résumé enhancer.

[Centerfield]

Yeah. I wish I knew more about him. I guess Minor and Morrow are one year wonders too, but they were like, better.

[TransMonk]

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[Edgy MD]

Maybe Harvey isn't the only one on coke.

[bmfc1]

Swarzak nails his first tweet as a Met:
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