The Rockies have become a haven for Mets players. While I wish there were more Mets players in the Rockies organization due to a Tulo trade, we’ll have to settle for reviewing the four current former Mets.
First is LaTroy Hawkins played for the Mets in 2013 at the age of 40. He pitched in 72 games, 70.2 innings and a 2.93 ERA (oh and 13 saves). After leaving the Mets he signed as free agent for the Rockies posting good numbers with 23 saves.
Next is John Lannan. The longtime National and one time Phillie joined the Mets last year and pitched in parts of 5 games for the Mets with an abysmal 15.75 ERA. He signed a contract with the Rockies in mid-November.
Hopefully you don’t remember Aaron Laffey’s time with the Mets. In 2013 he pitched in 4 games for the Mets with a 7.20 ERA. The long time Indian spent time with Seattle, the Yankees and Toronto before coming to the Mets. He then went back to the Blue Jays, spent sometime in the Minors with the Dodgers, Brewers, Orioles and Nationals from 2013 to 2014. He has now landed himself in the Rockies organization.
Finally, there’s Omar Quintanilla. He broke into the majors with the Rockies and played with them from 2005 to 2009, after a year with the Rangers, he joined the Mets in 2012 and put up solid back up numbers. They sent him to the Orioles and then he came back to the Mets for 2013, 2014 and put up pretty poor numbers for a back up, but was better than nothing at short. He’s now back with the Rockies.
This series of articles will take us across every organization in baseball and look for former Mets in the majors and minors to see how they are doing, leading up to a “Former Mets Team” to see how the current Mets stack up with pieces we have all over the place. I am still looking for Mets team members on the Pirates, Rangers, White Sox and Tigers. If you any, please let me know!
