Joel Carreno

[Edgy MD]

New NRI Met. Right handed Dominican swingman. Coming over from Toronto where he learned all the secrets of Metliness from Dickey and Reyes.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Decent-if-not-so-well-commanded fastball, iffy change, nice slurve, according to old scouting reports. His strikeout/walk numbers and effectiveness after making the bullpen switch for good (1.65 ERA/0.98 FIP and 14+ K/9 in 29 AA innings; 2.97 ERA/3.81 FIP and 10.5 K/9-- with 3.7 BB/9-- in 39 1/3 AAA frames) make him look a little like Brown Vic Black.

[Frayed Knot]

Ben Badler at BA has nice things to say about him.

The Mets quickly snapped up righthander Joel Carreno, who could be one of the steals (a relative term, of course) of the minor league free agent class.
Carreno, who turns 27 in March, throws in the low 90s with a curveball that can help him miss bats, something he did more of in 2013 than ever before, perhaps in part because the Blue Jays made him a full-time reliever for the first time in his career. After striking out 25 percent of batters in his minor league career, Carreno�s strikeout rate jumped to 34 percent last year between Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Buffalo with a 2.43 composite ERA. Now he�s pitching well for Escogido in the Dominican League. The Red Sox just paid $4 million for 27-year-old Cuban righthander Dalier Hinojosa, who might not even be as good as Carreno

[Edgy MD]

Boing!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

It's like, how much more Vic Black could he be? And the answer is none. None more Vic Black.