Mets Roster Moves: Mets sign José Iglesias to a minor league deal

 

The New York Mets announced via X/Twitter that they have signed SS/INF José Iglesias to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training.  

A solid defender, Jose will turn 34 in January.  Jose last played in the majors in 2022 for the Colorado Rockies slashing .292/.328/.380.  A Free Agent after the 2022 season, he signed a minor league deal with the Marlins in March 2023 only to be released in April.  He later signed a minor league deal with San Diego but was released last June.

He will provide MLB Veteran depth at Syracuse which likely will be loaded with Infield Prospects, Luisangel Acuna, Jeremiah Jackson, Jose Peroza and maybe even Jett Williams.  Acuna is already on the MLB roster and could be the first of that group to be called up if needed.  

He will be eligible for the Rule 5 Draft this Thursday.  Believe it or not, every now and then a minor league player like this gets taken in the Rule 5. 

Jose Iglesias MLB Stats:

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2011	21	BOS	AL	10	6	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	81	2	0	0	0	0	0	/6H
2012	22	BOS	AL	25	77	68	5	8	2	0	1	2	1	0	4	16	.118	.200	.191	.391	7	13	2	3	2	0	0	6/DH
2013	23	TOT	AL	109	382	350	39	106	16	2	3	29	5	2	15	60	.303	.349	.386	.735	101	135	7	11	4	2	0	65/4DH	RoY-2
2013	23	BOS	AL	63	234	215	27	71	10	2	1	19	3	1	11	30	.330	.376	.409	.785	115	88	4	6	0	2	0	56/4DH
2013	23	DET	AL	46	148	135	12	35	6	0	2	10	2	1	4	30	.259	.306	.348	.654	78	47	3	5	4	0	0	6/5DH
2015	25	DET	AL	120	454	416	44	125	17	3	2	23	11	8	25	44	.300	.347	.370	.717	99	154	10	6	4	3	2	*6/H	AS
2016	26	DET	AL	137	513	467	57	119	26	0	4	32	7	4	28	50	.255	.306	.336	.643	74	157	12	8	7	3	1	*6/H
2017	27	DET	AL	130	489	463	56	118	33	1	6	54	7	4	21	65	.255	.288	.369	.657	74	171	6	1	3	1	0	*6
2018	28	DET	AL	125	464	432	43	116	31	3	5	48	15	6	19	47	.269	.310	.389	.699	88	168	11	8	3	2	0	*6/HD
2019	29	CIN	NL	146	530	504	62	145	21	3	11	59	6	6	20	70	.288	.318	.407	.724	83	205	17	3	1	2	3	*6/H
2020	30	BAL	AL	39	150	142	16	53	17	0	3	24	0	0	3	17	.373	.400	.556	.956	157	79	1	4	0	1	0	6D/H
2021	31	TOT	AL	137	511	483	65	131	27	2	9	48	5	2	21	75	.271	.309	.391	.701	89	189	10	6	0	1	0	*64/HD
2021	31	LAA	AL	114	447	424	57	110	23	1	8	41	5	2	18	66	.259	.295	.375	.670	81	159	10	4	0	1	0	*6/H
2021	31	BOS	AL	23	64	59	8	21	4	1	1	7	0	0	3	9	.356	.406	.508	.915	144	30	0	2	0	0	0	4/6HD
2022	32	COL	NL	118	467	439	48	128	30	0	3	47	2	3	17	56	.292	.328	.380	.708	91	167	11	8	0	3	0	*6/D
11 Yrs				1096	4043	3770	438	1051	220	14	47	366	59	35	173	502	.279	.319	.382	.701	88	1440	87	58	24	18	6

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 12/5/2023.

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