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Mets could have cheap bullpen option in Jose Arredondo

BY CHRISTIAN RED 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

 

Saturday, December 24, 2016, 2:02 PM

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Jose Arredondo is working on making a comeback to the major leagues.

 (BRYAN PACE/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)

 

Sandy Alderson and the Mets' front office may have an inexpensive bullpen option for 2017 who is currently pitching lights out for a Venezuela winter ball club.

Jose Arredondo, a Dominican right-hander who was originally signed by the Angels in 2002, pitched four seasons in the majors, sandwiched around Tommy John surgery in 2010. The 32-year-old pitched two seasons for the Angels and two seasons for the Reds, but is now trying to make a comeback in las Grandes Ligas after bouncing around between the Dominican Winter League, the International League and Atlantic League the last four years. This past season, Arredondo pitched for the York Revolution of the Atlantic League.

"I want (major league scouts) to focus on the training I've done and how I'm trying to get back in major league form," Arredondo told the Daily News in Spanish from Venezuela, where he's currently pitching for the Bravos de Margarita. "I feel very confident that I can contribute to a team immediately. I just want the opportunity to get back and prove my abilities."

Former major league pitcher Stu Cliburn, who had a short career with the Angels, is the pitching coach for the Bravos, and he said scouts from various major league clubs, including the Mets, have been buzzing about Arredondo's performance with the Bravos this winter.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-cheap-bullpen-option-jose-arredondo-article-1.2922533

[disarcina]

when did Arrendondo last pitch in MLB?  At one point he was effective for us, then got injured or something, perhaps released, traded away but dropped off the radar.

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

3 hours ago, disarcina said:

when did Arrendondo last pitch in MLB?  At one point he was effective for us, then got injured or something, perhaps released, traded away but dropped off the radar.

 

Last pitched in MLB for Cincinnati in 2012.

[Erstad Grit]

I remember being pretty confident he'd be our next closer for years.  

[disarcina]

when did Arrendondo last pitch in MLB?  At one point he was effective for us, then got injured or something, perhaps released, traded away but dropped off the radar.

Erstad Grit: thanks for the response. 

2012 ??? FOUR years lay off from MLB is a pretty long time........odds are long he makes it back..........and YES, he was the Halos CLOSER IN WAITING for a year or two, towards  the end of K-Rod's reign if I recall right.

[Tank]

It's a Christmas miracle!

[Vegas Halo Fan]

12 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

I remember being pretty confident he'd be our next closer for years.  

He certainly had that air about him. Great arm, seemed to have the intangibles as well.

[Docwaukee]

Granted, it's been about 7 years since he was with the halos, but the guy was a serious problem child.  

[Homebrewer]

Isn't there some kind of prerequisite to actually have career, before you can make a comeback?

[Robrock30]

Homebrew,

Not true.  I watched R.A. Dickey currently with the Braves win the Cy Young several years ago capping a comeback after learning the knuckleball.

 

[Brandon]

dude can drink tequila, that's for sure.

remember when he was stabbed? 

[Make Angels Great Again]

For some reason I thought he was killed.