Buddy Carlyle, 3 others sign minor-league deals with Mets
New York Mets relief pitcher Buddy Carlyle delivers against the Washington Nationals during a baseball game at Citi Field on Thursday, April 30, 2015.Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
The Mets signed four players, including a former pitcher for the Long Island Ducks, to minor-league contracts on Tuesday. They are righthander Buddy Carlyle, lefthanders Duane Below and Andrew Barbosa and first baseman/outfielder Marc Krauss.
Barbosa went 4-1 with a 2.82 ERA in nine starts for the Ducks last season. Carlyle, 37, went 1-0 with one save and a 5.63 ERA in 11 appearances with the Mets last season before undergoing hip surgery. Krauss is a career .188 hitter in 146 big-league games with four teams. Below last appeared in the majors in 2013 with Miami.
Anthony Rieber covers baseball, as well as the NFL, NBA and NHL. He has worked at Newsday since Aug. 31, 1998, and has been in his current position since July 5, 2004.
