Zach Greene is swapping boroughs.
The correct-handed hurler was picked up by the Mets in Wednesday’s Rule 5 Draft, snagging the 2019 eight-rounder away from the Yankees.
“So extremely excited for this chance!,” Greene — whose center title is Blue — tweeted. “Can’t wait to get to work! #LFGM.”
The Florida native spent the 2022 season with Triple A Scranton-Wilkes Barre, posting some fairly eye-popping numbers: He went 9-0 with 96 strikeouts over 68 1/3 innings (12.64 Ok/9), together with a 3.42 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and a .201 batting common in opposition to.
Greene, 26, must stay on the Mets’ 26-man roster all season or be provided again to the Yankees for $50,000. His Baseball America’s scouting report cites a low-90s fastball with a excessive spin fee, and it appears he has progressed properly since, thanks, partially, to a plus slider.
“Pitching out of the stretch from the acute first-base aspect of the rubber, the 6-foot-1 right-hander excels most with a low-90s fastball that acts like an invisiball with its obvious rise and chopping motion,” Greene’s MLB.com scouting report reads. “It naturally works finest above the zone as batters hopelessly swing beneath it. For anybody sitting on that, Greene will twirl an upper-70s slider with the sweep that Yankees pitchers have change into identified for lately. These two choices led to his excessive Ok fee in 2022, however an upper-80s changeup saved lefties sincere too.
The minor league success already has him rated the No. 25 prospect within the Mets’ system.
If he does make his large league debut this season, it is going to set in a movement a promise made by his agent, Matt Gaeta, who must put on a swimsuit with a Hiya Kitty backpack, per Somerset Patriots beat author Matt Kardos.
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