Mets sign pitcher Baldwin

New York, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Mets have signed pitcher James Baldwin to a minor league contract. The righthanded pitcher will be invited to the Mets spring training camp.

 

Baldwin, who is 32 years old, posted a 0-1 record with a 5.40 ERA in 10 relief appearances with the Twins last season.

 

In nine years of major league service, Baldwin has a career record of 79-70 with a 5.02 ERA, winning 10-or-more games five times. In 2000 he won a career- high 14 games as a member of the Chicago White Sox.

 

The highlight of his career was being the winning pitcher of the 2000 All-Star Game. He also made one start in the 2000 Divisional Series.

 

 

 

 

 

02/12 18:19:14 ET

The James Baldwin, might I add.

The James Baldwin, might I add.

The author?

The James Baldwin, might I add.

lol...my bad, i knew i forgot something

Good Ol JB.... The man that you couldnt see his eyes cause he wore his hat so far down, and took over 10 minutes to get back to the dugout after the inning was over.

 

 

I bet the JB magic would come back if he were back in a Sox uniform !

Good luck JB. He was a guy who knew how to play the game. Too bad his talent was never quiet there.

Actually to play the "in retrospect" game. Didn't Baldwin think he was going to get a huge long term contract during his last year with the Sox? Wasn't he looking for something near Darren Driefort money? Can you imagine if we had given his broken down ass even $5 mil a year for 4 years? Scary. And chalk one up for Sox management.

we did make a pretty good offer to him..something like 3 years 9 million(dont remember what was being exactly reported)..he turned it down...

 

baldwin forever earned my respect when he risked his career in game 3 against seattle..pitching on an arm that obviously needed surgery and went 6ip , 1run (?)

 

he had nothing left in that arm and somehow gutted it out...he's a warrior...hope he can finally put it all back together