A few moments ago, left-handed reliever Jack Leathersich tweeted the following:
Flight to Vegas #GoMets
— Jack Leathersich (@LeatherRocket) June 13, 2013
Unless he’s going out to Vegas to play the slots, one would assume he’s getting promoted from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Las Vegas. Earlier this week, Sandy Alderson said on WFAN with Mike Francesa he wouldn’t be opposed to promoting minor leaguers straight from Double-A to the major leagues. It looks like Leathersich will be making one last stop before heading to Flushing. This only makes sense because Josh Edgin was just recalled from Vegas after Sunday’s 8-4 loss to the Miami Marlins.
He’s definitely shown he’s ready to move on from the Eastern League; in 24 appearances (12 games finished) and 29.1 innings pitched, the southpaw is 2-0 with a 1.53 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, and 55 strikeouts against 16 walks. That 16.9 K/9IP rate seems pretty legit to me, and it would be awesome to see him throwing that mid-90s heat at Citi Field soon.
While an official announcement hasn’t been made yet, I’m going to go ahead and congratulate Jack on his apparent promotion! It’s well deserved, and hopefully this won’t be a long stop before he makes it to the next level.
(photo courtesy of Gordon Donovan)
its about time I thought he would never be promoted! The way he pitched in AA he should
have been promoted or bought up to the mets weeks ago? The mets should have bought
him up instead of of Edgin!! Now promote Montero to AAA or are they waiting for Wheeler
and then will promote Montero to replace him?
I agree with you! This was a long time coming. I’ve heard Wheeler’s promotion isn’t tied to Montero, and the front office is currently debating whether they should keep him in Binghamton so he doesn’t get overexposed in Vegas. We’ll see what actually happens though within the next couple weeks.
Mid 90’s fastball? I thought he sat in the low 90’s? Either way, he’s definitely an upgrade over what we have so I hope we see him in NY very soon!