The New York Mets announced via their twitter account that they have signed utility guy Ty Kelly to a minor league contract with an invite to Major League spring training.

Kelly is a 27-year old righty thrower and a switch-hitter that played the entire 2015 season in AAA splitting time between the Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals organizations. He was a 13th round pick of the Baltimore Orioles in 2009.

Ty hit .226/.322/.296 in 371 at bats while walking 52 times compared to 53 strikeouts last season. He played 15 games at second base, 29 at third, 14 in center field, 39 in left field and 22 in right field.

He is a career .275/.379/.375 hitter in seven minor league season. He has also been a midseason All-Star four times in the minor leagues (09, 11, 12, 13). He has more walks (486) than strikeouts (484) in his career.

Kiley McDaniel from FanGraphs had this to say about him before the 2015 season, “Kelly is big league ready as a utility guy”. He was listed by Baseball America as the 30th best prospect in the Baltimore Orioles farm system after the 2012 season. BA also said he had the best strike zone discipline in Orioles minors after 2011 season.