By PAUL GOTHAM
Danny Mendick has signed a one-year deal with the New York Mets for the 2023 Major League Baseball season as originally reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
The former Pittsford Mendon and Monroe Community College star slashed .289/.343/.443 in 31 games with the Chicago White Sox in 2022 before suffering a season-ending ACL injury in mid-June.
The White Sox declined to offer Mendick a contract at the non-tender deadline in November. The club did have the opportunity to re-sign the infielder.
Infielder Danny Mendick and the New York Mets are in agreement on a one-year, $1 million contract, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN.
Mendick, 29, was non-tendered by the White Sox after hitting .289/.343/.443 in 106 plate appearances. Mets get four years of control.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 22, 2022
In 446 major-league plate appearances over four seasons, Mendick hit .251 with an on-base percentage of .309. On the defensive side, Mendick committed just two errors in 407 total chances (99.5 fielding percentage) over 1,048 innings of work in the field that saw him play six different positions including the three outfield spots, second base, third base and shortstop. Mendick also pitched a scoreless inning of relief and appeared in the original Field of Dreams game.
A 22nd round pick in the 2015 MLB draft, Mendick spent five seasons in the minor leagues. His experience included a one-month stretch when he played for three different White Sox affiliates at three different levels.
Mendick made his MLB debut on September 3rd, 2019. He had his first big-league at bat the following night.
A Second Team Region III selection his sophomore year (2013) at MCC, Mendick hit .364 with a .981 fielding percentage for the Tribunes that season. He was named to the Monroe Community College All-Decade team.
He finished his collegiate career at UMass-Lowell where he helped the River Hawks make the transition to Division I baseball. As a senior, he led UMass-Lowell in RBI (30), doubles (16), total bases (71) and slugging (.455). He was one of 47 finalists for the Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year award and earned First Team America East.
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