Mets cut ties with 1.77 ERA minor league reliever

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The New York Mets are moving from a right-handed pitcher who was promoted from Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday but did not make an appearance with the NL East club. 

According to MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, Dan Hammer was designated for assignment by the Mets. 

“The Mets have DFA’d five players in the last four days. Today it’s Dan Hammer, who was called up yesterday but never pitched, per source,” DiComo wrote on X. “His DFA follows those of Guillo Zuñiga, Alex Carrillo, Matt Seelinger and Jared Oliva, all of whom made 0 or 1 appearances this year.” 

Hammer is a former longtime Baltimore Orioles farmhand who has yet to make his MLB debut. 

Hammer signed a minor league deal with the Mets in March. As DiComo mentioned, he is the fifth player the Mets have DFA’d in recent days. 

“You go through a season, you run into stretches where the bullpen is taxed,” Mets interim manager Andy Green told DiComo.

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“It comes in waves. You get stretches where you can’t get them enough innings, and then you get stretches where it’s like you can’t get them off the mound,” Green said. “This revolving carousel of one spot tends to happen to all teams at different points of time during the season.” 

In 17 games at Triple-A Syracuse, Hammer posted a 1.77 ERA with 21 strikeouts in 20.1 innings. However, the 28-year-old walked 17 batters during that stretch.

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