PRESS RELEASE: METS ACQUIRE PHIL BICKFORD AND ADAM KOLAREK

FLUSHING, N.Y., August 1, 2023 – The New York Mets today announced that the club has acquired right-handed pitcher Phil Bickford and left-handed pitcher Adam Kolarek from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for cash considerations.

 

Bickford, 28, was designed for assignment by the Dodgers on July 29. He appeared in 36 games with Los Angeles and went 2-3 with a 5.14 ERA (24 ER/42.0 IP) with 26 walks and 48 strikeouts. Over four seasons with the Brewers (2020-2021) and Dodgers (2021-2023), Bickford owns an 8-6 record with a save, a 4.40 ERA (76 ER/155.1 IP) with 59 walks and 176 strikeouts. He was originally selected by the San Francisco Giants with the 18th overall pick in the 2015 First Year Player Draft out of the College of Southern Nevada.

 

Kolarek, 34, spent the majority of the 2023 season with the Oklahoma City Dodgers, the team's Triple-A affiliate. In 33 games in the Pacific Coast League, the lefty went 0-3 with a 2.40 ERA (8 ER/30.0 IP) with 17 walks and 26 strikeouts. He has appeared in 171 career major league games with Tampa Bay (2017-2019), Los Angeles-NL (2019-2020, 2023) and Oakland (2021-2022), posting an 11-4 record with four saves, a 3.73 ERA (60 ER/144.2 IP) with 42 walks and 96 strikeouts. He has limited left-handed hitters to a .190/.242/.359 slashline over his career.

 

A Baltimore native, Kolarek was originally drafted by the Mets in the 11th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft from the University of Maryland.

Phil Bickrord's Stats:

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
2020	24	MIL	NL	0	0		36.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	9	17	5.19	4.000	36.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2021	25	TOT	NL	4	2	.667	2.81	57	0	8	0	0	1	51.1	36	18	16	7	19	7	59	3	0	0	207	152	3.93	1.071	6.3	1.2	3.3	10.3	3.11
2021	25	MIL	NL	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	31	22.17	3.000	18.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2021	25	LAD	NL	4	2	.667	2.50	56	0	8	0	0	1	50.1	34	16	14	6	18	7	59	2	0	0	200	169	3.57	1.033	6.1	1.1	3.2	10.5	3.28
2022	26	LAD	NL	2	1	.667	4.72	60	0	13	0	0	0	61.0	53	33	32	12	14	0	67	2	0	0	247	86	4.26	1.098	7.8	1.8	2.1	9.9	4.79
2023	27	LAD	NL	2	3	.400	5.14	36	0	12	0	0	0	42.0	38	27	24	5	26	3	48	0	1	3	190	86	4.39	1.524	8.1	1.1	5.6	10.3	1.85
4 Yrs				8	6	.571	4.40	154	0	33	0	0	1	155.1	131	82	76	24	59	10	176	7	1	4	653	96	4.19	1.223	7.6	1.4	3.4	10.2	2.98
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.571	4.40	68	0	15	0	0	0	69	58	36	34	11	26	4	78	3	0	2	288	96	4.19	1.223	7.6	1.4	3.4	10.2	2.98
LAD (3 yrs)				8	6	.571	4.11	152	0	33	0	0	1	153.1	125	76	70	23	58	10	174	4	1	3	637	103	4.07	1.193	7.3	1.4	3.4	10.2	3.00
MIL (2 yrs)				0	0		27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	6	6	1	1	0	2	3	0	1	16	22	13.68	3.500	27.0	4.5	4.5	9.0	2.00

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Generated 8/1/2023.

Adam Kolarek's Stats:

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
2017	28	TBR	AL	1	0	1.000	6.48	12	0	5	0	0	0	8.1	9	6	6	2	4	2	4	4	0	1	40	68	8.20	1.560	9.7	2.2	4.3	4.3	1.00
2018	29	TBR	AL	1	0	1.000	3.93	31	0	5	0	0	2	34.1	38	15	15	0	5	1	19	1	0	0	141	105	2.58	1.252	10.0	0.0	1.3	5.0	3.80
2019	30	TOT	MLB	6	3	.667	3.27	80	0	18	0	0	1	55.0	48	22	20	7	16	4	45	3	0	1	229	134	4.27	1.164	7.9	1.1	2.6	7.4	2.81
2019	30	TBR	AL	4	3	.571	3.95	54	0	15	0	0	1	43.1	39	19	19	6	14	4	36	3	0	1	184	112	4.53	1.223	8.1	1.2	2.9	7.5	2.57
2019	30	LAD	NL	2	0	1.000	0.77	26	0	3	0	0	0	11.2	9	3	1	1	2	0	9	0	0	0	45	552	3.30	0.943	6.9	0.8	1.5	6.9	4.50
2020	31	LAD	NL	3	0	1.000	0.95	20	0	3	0	0	1	19.0	11	2	2	1	4	0	13	0	0	2	72	467	3.14	0.789	5.2	0.5	1.9	6.2	3.25
2021	32	OAK	AL	0	0		8.00	12	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	15	10	8	2	5	0	4	1	0	1	51	54	7.17	2.222	15.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	0.80
2022	33	OAK	AL	0	1	.000	4.58	15	0	7	0	0	0	17.2	20	9	9	1	8	0	9	3	0	0	79	82	4.70	1.585	10.2	0.5	4.1	4.6	1.13
2023	34	LAD	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5		0.27	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	13.5
7 Yrs				11	4	.733	3.73	171	0	40	0	0	4	144.2	142	64	60	13	42	7	96	12	0	5	617	114	4.14	1.272	8.8	0.8	2.6	6.0	2.29
162 Game Avg.				4	2	.733	3.73	68	0	16	0	0	2	58	56	25	24	5	17	3	38	5	0	2	245	114	4.14	1.272	8.8	0.8	2.6	6.0	2.29
TBR (3 yrs)				6	3	.667	4.19	97	0	25	0	0	3	86.0	86	40	40	8	23	7	59	8	0	2	365	103	4.11	1.267	9.0	0.8	2.4	6.2	2.57
LAD (3 yrs)				5	0	1.000	0.84	47	0	6	0	0	1	32.0	21	5	3	2	6	0	24	0	0	2	122	523	3.08	0.844	5.9	0.6	1.7	6.8	4.00
OAK (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	5.74	27	0	9	0	0	0	26.2	35	19	17	3	13	0	13	4	0	1	130	69	5.53	1.800	11.8	1.0	4.4	4.4	1.00
AL (5 yrs)				6	4	.600	4.55	124	0	34	0	0	3	112.2	121	59	57	11	36	7	72	12	0	3	495	93	4.44	1.393	9.7	0.9	2.9	5.8	2.00
NL (3 yrs)				5	0	1.000	0.84	47	0	6	0	0	1	32.0	21	5	3	2	6	0	24	0	0	2	122	523	3.08	0.844	5.9	0.6	1.7	6.8	4.00

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Generated 8/1/2023.