Mets add yet another strong arm to starting rotation, acquire All-Star Chris Bassitt from A's for two minor league pitchers. LGM
-- All-Star righty Chris Bassitt, who made a remarkable recovery from a frightening line drive to the head last year, was traded by the Oakland Athletics to theThe Mets sent right-handers J.T. Ginn and Adam Oller to the A's for Bassitt.
The 33-year-old Bassitt came back to make two starts in late September, just more than a month after he took a 100 mph liner to the face on Aug. 17 in Chicago. The drive came off Brian Goodwin's bat in the second inning of a 9-0 loss to the White Sox. Bassitt wound up 12-4 with a 3.15 ERA in 27 starts, including his first career complete game, and was a first-time All-Star. He had been an AL Cy Young candidate when he got hurt and his absence took a toll on the A's beyond the field. He was 12-3 with a 3.06 ERA and leading the AL in victories when he was injured.
New York made a huge splash by landing Scherzer in free agency before the Major League Baseball lockout, giving the team an imposing duo with deGrom that's combined to win five Cy Young Awards. But overlooked a bit in that excitement was the fact that Marcus Stroman, the club's best starter last season, signed with the Chicago Cubs and right-hander Noah Syndergaard, coming back from Tommy John surgery, left for the Los Angeles Angels.
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