Mets Call Up Jonathan Pintaro To Bolster Bullpen

[Steve Drumwright]

 

The New York Mets continue to churn the back end of the bullpen.

Right-handed reliever Jonathan Pintaro was called up Wednesday from Triple-A Syracuse by the Mets, with right-handed reliever Joey Gerber was sent down to Triple-A.

Gerber pitched two innings in Tuesday's 7-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, giving up a run on three hits with a strikeout. It was his second appearance after being called up June 3 and third of the season after an early-April promotion.

Pintaro is up for the second time after making two appearances in late May. In 3⅔ innings, he didn't allow a run or a hit with one walk and three strikeouts. In 19 games and 31⅓ innings at Triple-A this year, Pintaro has a 10.6% walk rate and 30.9% strikeout rate.

 

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[The Hot Corner]

As soon as he makes an appearance and pitches an inning, they will option him back to Syracuse and bring Gerber back.  Baseball needs to make some changes, this constant turn over is ridiculous.  I would rather they just expand the active roster to 28 players and put a limit on the number of times a players can be sent up and down with it being injury related.

[seawolf17]

Agree. I keep saying that this can't be good for guys, flying all over the place on a dime like this.