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Doing the Palka

bmfc1 Dec 22 2021 12:39 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 22 2021 07:46 PM

The Mets have signed Daniel Palka as a minor league FA (the only type of FA that can be signed at the moment). https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=palka-001dan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Palka https://www.fangraphs.com/players/daniel-palka/14897/stats?position=DH/OF https://twitter.com/Danielbpalka Bats left, mostly corner OF. Showed some pop with the White Sox in 2018-19. My guess is that he'll get some ST ABs after the regulars have left the game and then he'll be the Syracuse 1B in '22. From Rotowold: [BLOCKQUOTE]Palka possesses gargantuan over-the-fence pop, but hasn't been able to make contact consistently enough to even carve out a part-time role in the majors in recent years. The 30-year-old slugger, who launched 27 round-trippers with the White Sox back in 2018, spent the entire 2021 campaign at Triple-A Rochester with the Nationals where he slashed a robust .256/.364/.472 and also clobbered 18 homers in 420 plate appearances. He's certainly an intriguing low-risk lottery ticket for the Mets. [/BLOCKQUOTE]

Ceetar Dec 22 2021 01:25 PM Re: Doing the Palka

all of these signings are basically a threat right? like "look, I got a guy to play now whatcha gonna do?"