PRESS RELEASE - METS ACQUIRE LHP BROOKS RALEY FROM TAMPA BAY

FLUSHING, N.Y., December 7, 2022 – The New York Mets today announced that the club has acquired left-handed pitcher Brooks Raley from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for minor league left-handed pitcher Keyshawn Askew. 

Raley, 34, appeared in 60 games with the Rays last season. He went 1-2 with six saves and a 2.68 ERA (16 ER/53.2 IP) with 15 walks and 61 strikeouts. In 2022, he held left-handed hitters to a .155 (11-71) batting average with three walks and 25 strikeouts. 

Over his major league career, lefties have hit .170 (37-218) against him with 13 walks and 86 strikeouts. Since returning from a five-year stint in Korea in 2020, left-handed hitters have gone 30-181 (.166) against Raley, good for the second-lowest opponent batting average vs. lefties in the majors over the last three seasons (min. 175 LHB faced). 

Over the course of five major league seasons with the Chicago Cubs (2012-2013), Cincinnati Reds (2020), Houston Astros (2020-2021) and Rays (2022), he is 4-8 with nine saves, a 4.64 ERA (83 ER/161.0 IP) with 56 walks and 183 punchouts. 

The southpaw spent five seasons with the Lotte Giants in the Korean Baseball Organization from 2015-2019, pitching to a 48-53 record in 152 games (151 starts) with a 4.13 ERA (418 ER /910.2 IP) with 271 walks and 755 strikeouts. 

Raley graduated from Uvalde High School in Texas before attending Texas A&M. He was originally selected by Chicago Cubs in the sixth round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. 

Askew, 22, was the Mets' 10th-round selection in the 2021 First-Year Player Draft. In 22 appearances (nine starts) over two minor league seasons with New York, he was 7-0 with a 2.27 ERA (19 ER/75.1 IP). 

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Brooks Raley's Stats and Projections:

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2012	24	CHC	NL	1	2	.333	8.14	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.1	33	23	22	7	11	0	16	0	0	0	116	51	6.87	1.808	12.2	2.6	4.1	5.9	1.45
2013	25	CHC	NL	0	0		5.14	9	0	1	0	0	0	14.0	11	9	8	2	8	0	14	2	0	0	61	77	5.05	1.357	7.1	1.3	5.1	9.0	1.75
2020	32	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	4.95	21	0	7	0	0	1	20.0	13	12	11	3	6	0	27	4	0	0	84	94	3.94	0.950	5.9	1.4	2.7	12.2	4.50
2020	32	CIN	NL	0	0		9.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	0	2	0	6	3	0	0	22	59	3.94	1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00
2020	32	HOU	AL	0	1	.000	3.94	17	0	5	0	0	1	16.0	8	8	7	3	4	0	21	1	0	0	62	115	3.94	0.750	4.5	1.7	2.3	11.8	5.25
2021	33	HOU	AL	2	3	.400	4.78	58	0	9	0	0	2	49.0	43	30	26	6	16	0	65	3	1	1	205	90	3.27	1.204	7.9	1.1	2.9	11.9	4.06
2022	34	TBR	AL	1	2	.333	2.68	60	0	12	0	0	6	53.2	37	19	16	3	15	0	61	6	0	3	219	136	2.74	0.969	6.2	0.5	2.5	10.2	4.07
5 Yrs				4	8	.333	4.64	153	5	29	0	0	9	161.0	137	93	83	21	56	0	183	15	1	4	685	88	3.88	1.199	7.7	1.2	3.1	10.2	3.27
162 Game Avg.				2	3	.333	4.64	66	2	12	0	0	4	69	59	40	36	9	24	0	79	6	0	2	295	88	3.88	1.199	7.7	1.2	3.1	10.2	3.27
CHC (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	7.04	14	5	1	0	0	0	38.1	44	32	30	9	19	0	30	2	0	0	177	58	6.21	1.643	10.3	2.1	4.5	7.0	1.58
HOU (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	4.57	75	0	14	0	0	3	65.0	51	38	33	9	20	0	86	4	1	1	267	96	3.44	1.092	7.1	1.2	2.8	11.9	4.30
TBR (1 yr)				1	2	.333	2.68	60	0	12	0	0	6	53.2	37	19	16	3	15	0	61	6	0	3	219	136	2.74	0.969	6.2	0.5	2.5	10.2	4.07
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	0	2	0	6	3	0	0	22	59	3.94	1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00
AL (3 yrs)				3	6	.333	3.72	135	0	26	0	0	9	118.2	88	57	49	12	35	0	147	10	1	4	486	109	3.12	1.037	6.7	0.9	2.7	11.1	4.20
NL (3 yrs)				1	2	.333	7.23	18	5	3	0	0	0	42.1	49	36	34	9	21	0	36	5	0	0	199	58	5.99	1.654	10.4	1.9	4.5	7.7	1.71

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Generated 12/7/2022.

Projections

Year	Tm	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Rel
2023	Proj.	35	2	3	.400	3.79	3	57.0	48	27	24	6	18	0	60	4	0	2	237	1.158	7.6	0.9	2.8	9.5	3.33	49%

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Generated 12/7/2022.

Keyshawn Askew Stats:

Register Pitching

Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2019	19	-1.5	Clemson	ACC	NCAA		2	1	.667	4.40	5.60	16	9			0	0	45.0	46	28	22	4	15		36	11	1	2	197	1.356	9.2	0.8	3.0	7.2	2.40
2020	20	-0.5	Clemson	ACC	NCAA		0	0		3.55	3.55	5	1			0	0	12.2	12	5	5	2	11		12	1	0	0	58	1.816	8.5	1.4	7.8	8.5	1.09
2021	21	0.0	Clemson	ACC	NCAA		1	2	.333	5.84	6.79	12	11			0	0	57.0	68	43	37	8	11		69	10	0	0	260	1.386	10.7	1.3	1.7	10.9	6.27
2021	21	0.2	Mets	FCL	Rk	NYM	2	0	1.000	1.00	1.00	4	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	14	2	0	2	35	0.778	3.0	1.0	4.0	14.0	3.50
2022	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	NYM	5	0	1.000	2.44	3.26	18	8	3	0	0	1	66.1	43	24	18	3	28	0	92	10	0	6	269	1.070	5.8	0.4	3.8	12.5	3.29
2022	22	-1.0	Brooklyn	SALL	A+	NYM	1	0	1.000	3.66	3.66	5	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	15	8	8	0	9	0	28	4	0	2	83	1.220	6.9	0.0	4.1	12.8	3.11
2022	22	0.0	St. Lucie	FLOR	A	NYM	4	0	1.000	1.93	3.09	13	4	3	0	0	1	46.2	28	16	10	3	19	0	64	6	0	4	186	1.007	5.4	0.6	3.7	12.3	3.37
Minors (2 seasons)					Minors		7	0	1.000	2.27	2.99	22	9	3	0	0	1	75.1	46	25	19	4	32	0	106	12	0	8	304	1.035	5.5	0.5	3.8	12.7	3.31
College (3 seasons)					College		3	3	.500	5.02	5.97	33	21			0	0	114.2	126	76	64	14	37		117	22	1	2	515	1.422	9.9	1.1	2.9	9.2	3.16
All Levels (4 Seasons)							10	3	.769	3.93	4.78	55	30	3	0	0	1	190.0	172	101	83	18	69	0	223	34	1	10	819	1.268	8.1	0.9	3.3	10.6	3.23
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	3.66	3.66	5	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	15	8	8	0	9	0	28	4	0	2	83	1.220	6.9	0.0	4.1	12.8	3.11
A (1 season)					Minors		4	0	1.000	1.93	3.09	13	4	3	0	0	1	46.2	28	16	10	3	19	0	64	6	0	4	186	1.007	5.4	0.6	3.7	12.3	3.37
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	0	1.000	1.00	1.00	4	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	14	2	0	2	35	0.778	3.0	1.0	4.0	14.0	3.50

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Generated 12/7/2022.