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Buzz: Mets Have Asked about Jennings

by Matthew Cerrone on November 3rd, 2007 at 8:27 pm

In his blog for ESPN.com, Buster Olney writes that the Mets are among the teams that have asked about free-agent RHP Jason Jennings.

According to Olney, “He makes a ton of sense for New York.”

In 19 starts for the Astros last season, the 29–year-old Jennings was 2–9 with a 6.45 ERA.

However, he missed the final six weeks of the season after an MRI revealed he had been pitching with a tear in the flexor tendon in his elbow.

In 2006, he posted a 3.78 ERA in 30 starts for the Rockies before being traded to Houston last off-season.

During his six seasons with the Rockies, Jennings was 27–34 with a 4.36 ERA on the road, i.e., not in Coors Field, spanning 83 starts.

…last off-season, before he was traded to the Astros, the Mets, Cardinals, Reds, Cubs, Twins and Rangers were all rumored to have had interest in Jennings