The Minter of Our Discontent

[metirish]

[metirish]

2 years for $22 million says Sherman

[Fman99]

Golf clap for your thread title

[Centerfield]

Love this move. Not as sexy as Tanner Scott, but has a longer history of success.

[Centerfield]

Minter vs. Scott.

Age: Minter is one year older than Scott

Track Record: Scott has been lights out for two years, shitty before that. Minter had a shit year in 2019 but has been good every other year since 2017. Career 3.28 ERA, 1.196 WHIP

WHIP: Minter was 1.019 in 2024. Scott: 1.125

ERA: Minter: 2.62, Scott: 1.75

BB/9: Minter: 2.9; Scott: 4.5

[MFS62]

Nice to see Stearns isn't just fiddling while Boras burns.
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[A Boy Named Seo]

I am overjoyed with the thread title and less so with the guy that it's about.

[A Boy Named Seo]

*avi

[smg58]

I feel like every pitcher is getting overpaid this winter, but I'd rather have a solid pen than a crummy one.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I imagine that Scott still feels he can get more than two years, and Stearns preferred a shorter-term option.

[Edgy MD]

"A.J. Minter" and "not as sexy" in the same sentence? I'm shocked! Stunned even!





I need to go lie down.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I see that he didn't pitch at all in June of 2024, and made his last appearance on August 11.

I found this on MLB.com, dated September 9:

ATLANTA -- A.J. Minter will be on crutches for the next six weeks as he recovers from the season-ending left hip surgery he underwent last month. He’s hoping to heal in time to have a relatively normal offseason.



Whether Minter returns will be determined this offseason, while he is recovering from the surgical procedure performed by Dr. Thomas Byrd in Nashville. Byrd found a labrum tear, a hip impingement and a lesion on Minter’s femur. The surgical procedure required performing a microfracture on the hip.

Minter dealt with some hip and lower back discomfort over the past few years, but not to the extent he did this season. His average four-seam velocity dropped from 96.6 mph in 2022 to 95.8 mph in 2023 to 94.5 mph this year. That average dropped all the way down to 93.5 mph during the five August appearances he made before opting to have surgery.



Minter was shut down at the end of May with the hope that a cortisone shot and a month’s worth of rest might allow him to get through the rest of the season. There was no guarantee this would work. But even though he will be hitting the free-agent market this winter, he chose to delay going the surgical route.




“When I came back in July, there wasn’t much difference,” Minter said. “I still wasn’t able to use my legs the way I wanted. But I was still putting up good numbers. That was a decision I had to make. I wanted to keep helping the team because I knew we had a good chance we can still make a run at it.”

Minter’s injury might have cost him some money this winter. But he has absolutely no regrets about not undergoing the surgery earlier and possibly creating an opportunity for himself to give teams more assurance about how much he can provide next season.

“The money is going to come,” Minter said. “My goal is to pitch another eight or nine years and hopefully be like [41-year-old teammate Jesse Chavez] one day. Missing a few months, looking at the short term, it sucks. But hopefully, I can get past this and be good to go.”

[Centerfield]

I just found out about the hip surgery too.

I'm guessing that the Mets did their due diligence and that David Stearns is also not just finding out about the surgery.

[MFS62]

Some discontent is starting to creep in.
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[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm guessing that the Mets did their due diligence and that David Stearns is also not just finding out about the surgery.

Maybe we should call him, just in case?

[MFS62]

I'm guessing that the Mets did their due diligence and that David Stearns is also not just finding out about the surgery.

Maybe we should call him, just in case?

The announcement I saw said "pending a physical" so I guess they'll uncover any problem.
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[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Love this move. Not as sexy as Tanner Scott, but has a longer history of success.

Tell that to my fantasy team 3 years ago

[Cowtipper]

Wow, they actually got a reliever who has been consistently good in recent years instead of someone who was good 'once.' It only took 20 years, but they're learning!

Good signing.

He does seem to be an every-other-year guy however. 2024 was his good year, so the pattern suggests 2025 might be a bit of a downer. But not like a 5.00 ERA downer, so there is hope.

[Edgy MD]

Five days since this was first reported and still no official announcementage.

[MFS62]

They just got around to having the presser for the Winker signing.
They might just be spacing out the formal announcements, or biding time until they have a bigger transaction to announce.

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[Edgy MD]

I'm certain it will announced as soon as it is made official.

[TransMonk]

[Edgy MD]

That's certainly something. Minter has even publicly said goodbye to Atlanta and to Braves fans, but still nothing from the Mets end. Strange.

[MFS62]

The team facebook page said it is official, 1 hour ago.
https://www.facebook.com/Mets

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