It may not take Gio Gonzalez long to find a new team.
The Mets and Brewers both could be interested in the 33-year-old starter, according to a report from SNY, which cited unidentified league sources.
Gonzalez was sent from the Nationals to the Brewers in August. He registered a 10-11 record and a 4.21 ERA in 32 total starts last season.
He then signed a minor-league deal with the Yankees in late March, but became a free agent again Monday when he officially opted out of that contract. He registered a 2-1 record with a 6.00 ERA in 15 innings on the mound with the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The Mets were “minimally interested” in Gonzalez during the offseason but are “more intrigued now,” according to the report.
The Mets entered the season with what appeared to be one of the best rotations in all of baseball. Their starters, however, have not met expectations through the first 21 games of 2019 and they finished play Sunday 28th in MLB with a 5.61 team ERA.
New York manager Mickey Callaway said after a 6-4 loss to the Cardinals that the team needs to improve on the mound.
“We need to get better as a pitching staff,” Callaway said, via Newsday. “That’s just the bottom line. We need to pitch better than we are. And we will.
“(Our ERA) is high. It is high. That’s a fact. You can put any 15, 14, 12, 20 games together and it’s not going to look great. But once it’s all said and done, I really feel like we’re going to be (good).”
Meanwhile, the Brewers entered Monday with a 13-10 record, but have dropped four of their last five games.
Gonzalez has also pitched for the Athletics and Nationals over his 11 MLB seasons.
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