Brandon Knight was designated for allocation Sunday so the New York Mets could add an extra arm to their bullpen.
Brandon Knight was designated for duty Sunday so the New York Mets could add an extra arm to their bullpen. After a 14- loss to the St. Louis Cardinals the preceding night.
His comfort star? Knight is to Beijing as a arm of the U.S. Olympic team.
Knight said he have favored to stay with New York, where the 32-year-old full in excellently for Pedro Martinez before leaving after five shot with a 5-4 lead. Instead, he’s off to California to join Team USA for drug testing and quick next week.
“It’s a no-lose condition,” Knight said Saturday night.
The Mets baptized up left-hander Willie Collazo from Triple-A New Orleans after their relievers combined to pitch nine round in the 10-8 loss to the Cardinals. Aaron Heilman went runs and threw 57 pitches, up a go-ahead two-run homer to Albert Pujols in the 14th.
If the game would have pressed on, the Mets have used appetizer Oliver Perez.
Collazo in six cup for New York last season and allotted four runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 score. He was 4-6 with a 4.08 ERA in 31 this time of year at New Orleans.
“We a new body,” Mets administrator Jerry Manuel said.
Manuel said he hopes Martinez will be raring to go to initiation Friday night against Houston. The three-time Cy Young Award cert has been on the mourning list since his pastor, Pablo Jaime, died last week at age 79 after battling a form of brain menace.
Martinez hasn’t pitched since leaving his July 12 jolt with a sore bear and tightness in his barrier. He would have to throw a pretend game early in the week to be arranged for Friday, Manuel said, and even then be held to a pitch count of 70-80 when he returned.
“It on how he’s doing,” Manuel said. “The pitch count is unquestionably weighty, but that’s just a part of his history.”
In other news, battered outfielder Ryan Church (post-concussion syndrome) had his bags overflowing and was joining his teammates on their upcoming trip to Florida.
Church did noiseless bodily activity over and could open comings and goings at the team’s means in St. Lucie on Monday, Manuel said. He’ll make at smallest a couple rehab starts and could be attentive for the Mets’ next homestand launch Aug. 5 against San Diego.
“He’ll foldaway with us today and, if all systems are go, we’ll just vacation him in St. Lucie,” Manuel said. “He could say, ‘Hey, I want to play in a game Tuesday.’ … We’ll have to see.”