METS ACQUIRE LHP’s JASON VARGAS and ADAM BOSTICK FROM FLORIDA
The New York Mets today acquired two, 23-year-old lefthanded pitchers, Jason Vargas and Adam Bostick from the Florida Marlins in exchange for a pair of righthanded pitchers, Henry Owens and Matt Lindstrom.
“We think Vargas and Bostick are two promising lefthanded pitchers and we’re happy to have them in the organization,” said Mets General Manager Omar Minaya.
The 6-0, 215-pound Vargas began the season in the Marlins rotation. He was 1-1 with a 5.70 ERA over five starts allowing 24 hits, 15 earned runs, 20 walks and 14 strikeouts. As a reliever, he went 0-1 with a 9.31 ERA, 10 walks and 11 strikeouts. In 2005, Vargas started 13 games for Florida going 4-5 with a 4.14 ERA, 28 walks, and 50 strikeouts. In four relief appearances, he went 1-0 with a 2.84 ERA.
Vargas started 13 games at Albuquerque (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League in 2006 going 3-6 with a 7.43 ERA. He struck out 51 batters and walked 28 over 69.0 innings pitched. In the Dominican Winter League, he has appeared in four games and not allowed a run in 6.1 innings, with two walks and five strikeouts.
The 6-1, 220-pound Bostick split the year with Carolina (AA) of the Southern League and Albuquerque in 2006. In Carolina, he pitched 115.0 innings allowing 100 hits, 58 runs, 45 earned, with 67 walks and 109 strikeouts. With Albuquerque, he gave up 39 hits, 20 runs, 14 earned, with 13 walks and 30 strikeouts over 27.0 innings pitched.
Bostick also pitched in the Arizona Fall League in 2006 with the Peoria Javelinas. In 20.2 innings, he surrendered 24 hits, 14 runs, 13 earned, with 10 walks and 16 strikeouts.
Owens, 26, made four appearances with New York in 2006. He did not surrender a run in three of those four appearances. In four innings pitched, he gave up four hits, four earned runs, while walking four and striking out two.
Owens was named to Team USA’s 24-man roster that won the Gold Medal in the 2006 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Havana, Cuba. He appeared in six games, working 4.2 innings and earning three saves during the tournament.
Lindstrom, also 26, started the year in St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League before being promoted to Binghamton (AA) of the Eastern League where he spent the majority of the year. He was only scored upon in two of his 11 outings at St. Lucie, allowing 14 hits, seven runs, five earned, while walking seven and striking out 16.
With Binghamton, he allowed only five earned runs in his last 18.2 innings for a 2.41 ERA. In those 17 games, he gave up 14 hits, five walks and 26 strikeouts while earning four saves. Lindstrom, the 10th round pick of the 2002 First Year Player Draft also pitched in the Futures All Star Game pitching a scoreless inning with two strikeouts and a save.
Comments (14)
I firmly believe, that if Wallace Mathews and I were in a taxi cab together...only one of us would get out.
He and I would never get along, maybe only I would use his picture for my dartboard.
Having said that.....HE IS COMPLETELY RIGHT !!! I AGREE WITH EVERY WORD HE HAS WRITTEN REGARDING THIS MET OFFSEASON. THANK YOU WALLACE MATHEWS FOR BEING A VOICE FOR US MET FANS. OMAR MINAYA HAS BEEN A JOKE THIS OFFSEASON. YOUR ARTICLE IS POINT FOR POINT RIGHT!! THANK YOU, I HOPE THAT WAKES THE MET FRONT OFFICE UP. MY GOODNESS!Now.....if only Omar would listen?
CARLOS LEE: 6 YEARS, 90 MILLION. ASTROS.
OMAR WE REALLY HOPE THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR VACATION YOU BONEHEAD...BUT THEN AGAIN YOU HAVE BEEN ON VACATION DURING THIS WHOLE OFFSEASON. YOU COULD HAVE HAD CARLOS LEE BUT WE GOT MOISES ALOU INSTEAD.
NICE...WE ONLY THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A GOAL OF ACTUALLY --WINNING-- THE NLCS IN 2007. BUT SINCE YOU ARE A HERO OMAR I GUESS FINISHING SHORT OF A CHAMPIONSHIP WON'T BOTHER YOU AGAIN. YOU S*CK!!
Wally is a dope, knows boxing not baseball. Wally wanted Sori, did you? Did you look at the contract he signed? It's a joke. Anyone who thinks the Met's should have made or matched that offer is insane. And Boneheads capitalize their comments. In other words STFU idiots.
Wallace Matthews isn't a real journalist. He was left behind on a field trip to the Newsday offices back in third grade and never made it out of the building. He sleeps in the boiler room and scribbles on scraps of paper, occaisionally sneaking into the press room and leaving his diatribes amongst the work of the "real" Newsday reporters. Some of the crud makes it in the paper accidentally.
Only boneheads use acronyms....like you.
and also BONEHEADS CALL SORIANO "SORI" LIKE THEY KNOW IT ALL.....like you did.
truth is....only a pathetic loser would diss Soriano.
How's Alou' hammy craig?
I think signing Alou was a good move. It is a stop gap measure until we can bring Gomez and/or Martinez up. Both are more athletic than Soriano but especially Lee. Both are poor defensively to say the least.
You want that guy w/ that contract? F'ing moron. Go root for the yanks, that's where you belong.
Sane Met Fan: Last I checked Fernando Martinez was stinking it up in the winter leagues, so is he the next Alex Escobar?
Are you just counting your proverbial chickens dude?
CRAIG:
"Sori" changes the game around him......think about that a little bit.
How many players can say they have that kind of impact.
Also, without looking...name me the Chicaco Cubs starting lineup at the allstar break last year.
Having trouble big mouth?
We're waiting Craig....
Having trouble??
Thanks for waiting. Talented player, contract will be an albatross for the Bartmans for the forseeable future. Never judge a player by his walk year. How did the cards do with Tino? Yankee type fan like you oughta know.
Craig, Tino was practically a cripple when the Cards signed him....
Come up with some better examples.
Also one is white.
What I find so amusing about the Soriano to Chicago contract agreement is this:
A guy gets 136 million dollars, a no trade clause, ect.. ect...
Then as part of the deal he gets:
6 Free Tickets for Spring Training games.
6 Free tickets for regular season home games.
A suite at the Ballpark.
What the frig is that?
Can't you buy your own you cheap b*****d?
Re Mets offseason, I think Metsblog has the right take: http://www.metsblog.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/29/2537390.html
It's a sellers market, and Omar deserves the benefit of the doubt, no? I don't like Alou, but he fits well, age aside. And he came here for his last shot at the World Series. Wally Mathews is nuts, but if Glavine does return to Atlanta (looks like he is leaning towards Shea at the moment) and the Mets do not sign Zito, he will have a much better arguement.
"Also one is white." You stay classy, Al Campanis.