Austin Slater Set To Sign With Mets, Who DFA Tommy Pham

[Steve Drumwright]

 

The Tommy Pham spark never materialized. Now, the New York Mets are moving on.

Pham will be designated for assignment as the Mets are signing fellow outfielder Austin Slater, who was just DFA'd by the Miami Marlins and opted to become a free agent, MLB Network insider Jon Heyman reported Sunday.

Pham was called up April 13 as the Mets had lost five in a row and the offense had just been shut out twice by the Athletics. That streak would extend to 12 games before the Mets won back-to-back, only to be swept in a three-game series by the Colorado Rockies, including both ends of a doubleheader Sunday.

For his part, the 38-year-old Pham went 0-for-13 with a run scored, one walk and seven strikeouts in nine games.

The 33-year-old Slater was off to a 4-for-23 with a run scored, an RBI, four walks and nine strikeouts in 12 games with the Marlins. He was DFA'd by the Marlins and went unclaimed off waivers before being outrighted to Triple-A on Saturday. But Slater had the option of choosing free agency and he landed an opportunity to remain in the majors with the Mets.

In his career, which started in 2017 and was mostly spent with the San Francisco Giants, Slater has a slash line of .247/.335/.381.

 

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[seawolf17]

.210/.298/.305 over 120 K in 400 PA with six different teams over the past three years.

Cool. Can't wait until he gets DFAed in a few days too.

[Centerfield]

Sure. 

45 minutes ago, seawolf17 said:

.210/.298/.305 over 120 K in 400 PA with six different teams over the past three years.

Cool. Can't wait until he gets DFAed in a few days too.

Sure. A .603 OPS doesn’t seem like much. Until you realize the guys he’s replacing was .071. 
 

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[whippoorwill]

So exciting 

[Cowtipper]

Replacing poop with shit.

[Edgy MD]

Worth noting that we are just assuming Slater is joining the MLB roster.  Largely because of this news being reported around the same time as the Pham news, folks are jumping to the conclusion that one is replacing the other.  This is unconfirmed.

Also, no human being is shit.