Memories Of Joey Lucchesi

[MFS62]

The Mets outrighted him to Syracuse and he has decided to become a free agent.

What are your memories of Joey?



Later

[metirish]

Had a cool Twitter handle @joeyfuego44

[Edgy MD]

Before the Mets celebrated base hits by miming a shutter swinging in the wind, and before they celebrated them by pantomiming negative fans thumbs-downing them, they celebrated it by flashing Joey's grip on his trademark churveball.



Before he was the guy you called up to pitch the last game so everybody else could get some needed rest, he was, somehow, the center of something. For a few glorious moments in time, it was all about the churve.

[G-Fafif]

Despite shattering “Memories” protocol by acknowledging a Met as a former Met before he signs elsewhere, I'll add that “churve” emerged as my least favorite baseball word of 2021. I didn't care for “sweeper” in 2023, either, but it didn't land as harshly on the ears.



Joey the Churve soaking up the last start of 2024 as the Mets waited to pop champagne will always be appreciated.

[MFS62]

I always felt that if the kept him in the rotation he would have been a decent fifth starter.



Later

[Cowtipper]

Should've been given a real shot at the rotation. Mets squandered his abilities. Now he's a 31-year-old who's pitched 95 1/3 innings over the past four seasons. His career was wasted being in their system.