{"id":6074,"date":"2014-01-24T17:53:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T22:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=6074"},"modified":"2014-01-24T17:53:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T22:53:54","slug":"mets-sign-daisuke-matsuzaka-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/01\/24\/mets-sign-daisuke-matsuzaka-to-minor-league-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets sign Daisuke Matsuzaka to minor league deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_6075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6075\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/01\/daisukematsuzaka.jpg\" alt=\"Daisuke Matsuzaka\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6075\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/01\/daisukematsuzaka.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/01\/daisukematsuzaka-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe New York Mets have re-signed pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka to a minor league deal.<\/p>\n<p>Matsuzaka, 33, has also been invited to spring training.<\/p>\n<p>Signed by the Mets in late August, Matsuzaka responded with a respectable 4.42 ERA across 38 2\/3 innings of work.<\/p>\n<p>Matsuzaka will compete for a spot in the Mets rotation with the likes of John Lannan and Jenrry Mejia. There&#8217;s a good chance Matsuzaka starts the season at Triple-A.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Matsuzaka&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Mets&amp;src=hash\">#Mets<\/a> contract is for $1.5M if he makes majors.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joelsherman1\/statuses\/426841307873820672\">January 24, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Joel Sherman notes that Matsuzaka could earn $1.5 million if he makes the Mets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets have re-signed pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka to a minor league deal. Matsuzaka, 33, has also been invited to spring training. Signed by the Mets in late August, Matsuzaka responded with a respectable 4.42 ERA across 38 2\/3 innings of work. Matsuzaka will compete for a spot in the Mets rotation with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[193,501,76],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":["post-6074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-daisuke-matsuzaka","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6074"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}