{"id":30000,"date":"2025-01-29T11:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=30000"},"modified":"2025-01-29T11:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:13:20","slug":"breaking-after-signing-a-j-minter-ny-mets-rumors-return-to-suggest-a-danny-young-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=30000","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: After signing A.J. Minter, NY Mets rumors return to suggest a Danny Young replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">\n<p>The Mets still don&#8217;t seem content with Danny Young as their second lefty in the bullpen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3000,h_1687\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/3\/01jjp9szamxwrbt14kn1.jpg\" alt=\"New York Mets v Toronto Blue Jays\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">A.J. Minter didn\u2019t sound completely confident that he\u2019ll be ready for Opening Day. Giving off some vibes of potentially being another Dellin Betances with his comments at Amazin Day, the good news is it would take multiple setbacks for him to be another New York Mets free agent tragedy. We\u2019re far from that.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1883245900740415698&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Frisingapple.com%2Fny-mets-rumors-aj-minter-danny-young-replacement-tim-hill&amp;sessionId=d09f97575b2f514a8aa561400e0c43492e54d295&amp;siteScreenName=RisingAppleBlog&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-uw-rm-iframe=\"gn\" data-tweet-id=\"1883245900740415698\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">Meanwhile, as they can do nothing more than allow Minter to rehab from an injury that cost him the final weeks of the 2024 season and pull the page off of their calendar each day to give him time to heal, the team hasn\u2019t backed down from other lefty reliever pursuits. Pat Ragazzo of Sports Illustrated shared a rerun of Mets rumors by naming Tim Hill as someone the team is still hot and bothered by, as are multiple other clubs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Source: Free agent lefty reliever Tim Hill is drawing interest from the Mets, Yankees, Dodgers, Diamondbacks, Rockies and Angels <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s mutual interest on a reunion with the Yankees who remain in the mix, as do the Mets who are searching for another reliever<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pat Ragazzo (@ragazzoreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ragazzoreport\/status\/1884040593929806277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\">Mets rumors continue to suggest the team will replace Danny Young at some point<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">Danny Young was not a bad pitcher for the Mets last year. His 4.54 ERA at season\u2019s end doesn\u2019t accurately reflect his importance at times. He was excellent in the middle months, combining for only 3 earned runs in 17.2 innings in July and August. All the while, he had 24 strikeouts. It came sandwiched between two less productive months. Young was knocked around in June and again in September.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">As a depth piece, Young is a good arm to have. His minor league option available last year allowed the Mets to demote and promote as needed. He doesn\u2019t have any left heading into 2025 which should have him on the bubble.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">However, Young is probably a really good candidate to stick around on the Mets roster until as close to the end of spring training. Minter\u2019s health in question could have him cracking the Opening Day roster only to later get replaced by Minter upon a potential IL stint to begin the year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Two lefty relievers is an ideal situation. Minter is more of a true setup man anyway with a player like Young and Hill better for the early innings in favorable spots against left-handed hitters. Young\u2019s usage late in the season and into the playoffs when he served exclusively in mop-up duty puts him in a spot where he was already questionable to return.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">We saw the Mets do something similar last preseason with Phil Bickford who competed mildly for a bullpen spot in St. Lucie. Leftover from 2023, he never stood much of a chance of actually making the team. Young\u2019s odds are a bit more favorable at the moment. However, if the Mets add another southpaw to the bullpen, he\u2019s as good as gone barring any health issue with his teammates.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A.J. Minter didn\u2019t sound completely confident that he\u2019ll be ready for Opening Day. Giving off some vibes of potentially being another Dellin Betances with his c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: After signing A.J. 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