{"id":10042,"date":"2017-12-13T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T23:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=10042"},"modified":"2017-12-13T18:56:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T23:56:00","slug":"anthony-swarzak-signs-new-york-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/12\/13\/anthony-swarzak-signs-new-york-mets\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Swarzak Signs With the New York Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/swarzan01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Anthony Swarzak<\/strong><\/a>, the experienced reliever, once again will be on the move as it was reported that he has reached a deal with the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/new-york-mets\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Mets<\/a> for two years at $14 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One day after whiffing on a pair of their top relief targets, the Mets pivoted to righthander Anthony Swarzak. In agreement on 2 years,$14m sources tell Newsday.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcCarig\/status\/940983556129611776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Anthony Swarzak Signs With the New York Mets<\/h1>\n<h3>Swarzak&#8217;s Career Profile<\/h3>\n<p>Drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/minnesota-twins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Twins<\/a> in the second round in 2004, Swarzak made his debut five years later in 2009. Swarzak would spend the 2010 season in the minors after breaking his foot, struggling that year with a 6.21 ERA. Swarzak would play for the Twins for five years, pitching a 4.48 ERA with 267 strikeouts. During the 2014 season, Swarzak was outrighted from the 40-man roster and elected free agency. He would then sign a minor league contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/cleveland-indians\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cleveland Indians<\/a>\u00a0but was released in May. After his release, Swarzak would go to play overseas and pitch for the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization. During the 2016 off-season, Swarzak signed a minor league contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/new-york-yankees\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Yankees<\/a> and was promoted in June to the majors.<\/p>\n<p>After one year with New York, Swarzak signed a minor league contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/chicago-white-sox\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> in January. On July 25th, Swarzak was traded from the White Sox to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/milwaukee-brewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> in exchange for outfielder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=cordel000rya\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Cordell<\/a><\/strong>. Swarzak, in his total career so far, has pitched a 4.22 ERA with 402 strikeouts in 561.1 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact of the Signing<\/h3>\n<p>For the Mets, they get a reliable reliever who has had a bumpy first start\u00a0but has been able to turn his career around after spending some time overseas. For the Brewers, they lose a reliever who has been able to thrive under their system. Swarzak has started to build his track record in MLB again, and it finally has paid off with this new contract. It now solidifies his place as a major league reliever. 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One day after whiffing on a pair of their top relief targets, the Mets pivoted to righthander Anthony Swarzak. 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