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The Mets bolstered their pitching depth this week, signing right-hander Nick Burdi to a minor league deal.
Burdi, 32, made his MLB debut with Pittsburgh in 2018 and has appeared in big league games with the Pirates, Cubs, Yankees, and Red Sox. He appeared in four games for Boston last season, pitching 5.1 scoreless innings while striking out five and walking two.
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While the right-hander has a career ERA of 5.34, his career FIP of 3.84 suggests he’s been fairly unlucky on balls put in play.
The 6-foot-3 righty is primarily a sinker-slider pitcher, though he will mix in a four-seam fastball, which he threw 22.9 percent of the time last season, averaging about 94.0 MPH.
