{"id":639,"date":"2010-03-17T23:10:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T03:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/?p=639"},"modified":"2010-03-17T23:10:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T03:10:22","slug":"non-roster-invitee-kiko-calero-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2010\/03\/17\/non-roster-invitee-kiko-calero-mets\/","title":{"rendered":"Non Roster Invitee: Kiko Calero – Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sports<\/a>It feels almost silly to have to mention that Kiko Calero is a non roster invitee considering he appeared in 67 games for the Florida Marlins and had a 1.95 ERA.<\/p>\n

It’s not that those numbers were believed to be a fluke it’s just most teams (for unknown reasons to me) were scared off of the idea of signing Calero over concerns about the health of his arm.<\/p>\n

Calero as a non roster invitee is a great move on the part of the Mets. Calero has proved to be a reliable arm out of the pen with only one season of an ERA abouve 4, and that same 2007 season being the lone time his WHIP topped 1.30.<\/p>\n

In 7 big league seasons spent between St. Louis, Oakland and Florida he’s pitched 302.2 innings and has a 3.24 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP. Batters have combined to hit just .217 against him, again with the bulk of that being in 2007.<\/p>\n

Calero has done nothing to prove he’s not ready for the 2010 season and all signs point to him being one of the key cogs in the Mets bullpen.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/td>\nNon-Roster Invitees<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPitchers<\/strong><\/td>\nB\/T<\/strong><\/td>\nHt<\/strong><\/td>\nWt<\/strong><\/td>\nDOB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n90 Travis Blackley<\/a><\/td>\nL\/L<\/td>\n6-3<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n11\/04\/82<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n94 Kiko Calero<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-1<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n01\/09\/75<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n64 Elmer Dessens<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n5-11<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n01\/13\/71<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n36 R.A. Dickey<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-2<\/td>\n215<\/td>\n10\/29\/74<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n93 Jack Egbert<\/a><\/td>\nL\/R<\/td>\n6-3<\/td>\n220<\/td>\n05\/12\/83<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n43 Josh Fogg<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-0<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n12\/13\/76<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n68 Bobby Livingston<\/a><\/td>\nL\/L<\/td>\n6-3<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n09\/03\/82<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n32 Arturo Lopez<\/a><\/td>\nL\/L<\/td>\n5-10<\/td>\n185<\/td>\n02\/22\/83<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n76 Jenrry Mejia<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-0<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n10\/11\/89<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n70 Carlos Muniz<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-1<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n03\/12\/81<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n77 Eric Niesen<\/a><\/td>\nL\/L<\/td>\n6-0<\/td>\n185<\/td>\n09\/04\/85<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n47 Hisanori Takahashi<\/a><\/td>\nL\/L<\/td>\n5-10<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n04\/02\/75<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCatchers<\/strong><\/td>\nB\/T<\/strong><\/td>\nHt<\/strong><\/td>\nWt<\/strong><\/td>\nDOB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n72 Kai Gronauer<\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-1<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n11\/28\/86<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n73 Luke Montz<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-2<\/td>\n225<\/td>\n07\/07\/83<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n71 Mike Nickeas<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-0<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n02\/13\/83<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n74 Francisco Pena<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-2<\/td>\n230<\/td>\n10\/12\/89<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n73 Shawn Riggans<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-2<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n07\/25\/80<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nInfielders<\/strong><\/td>\nB\/T<\/strong><\/td>\nHt<\/strong><\/td>\nWt<\/strong><\/td>\nDOB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n65 Russ Adams<\/a><\/td>\nL\/R<\/td>\n6-0<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n08\/30\/80<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n22 Jolbert Cabrera<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-2<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n12\/08\/72<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n67 Mike Cervenak<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n5-11<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n08\/17\/76<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n78 Ike Davis<\/a><\/td>\nL\/L<\/td>\n6-4<\/td>\n215<\/td>\n03\/22\/87<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n10 Andy Green<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n5-10<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n07\/07\/77<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n80 Luis Hernandez<\/a><\/td>\nS\/R<\/td>\n5-10<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n06\/26\/84<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n66 Mike Hessman<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n6-5<\/td>\n215<\/td>\n03\/05\/78<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n35 Mike Jacobs<\/a><\/td>\nL\/R<\/td>\n6-3<\/td>\n215<\/td>\n10\/30\/80<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n79 Ruben Tejada<\/a><\/td>\nR\/R<\/td>\n5-11<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n10\/27\/89<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOutfielders<\/strong><\/td>\nB\/T<\/strong><\/td>\nHt<\/strong><\/td>\nWt<\/strong><\/td>\nDOB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2 Frank Catalanotto<\/a><\/td>\nL\/R<\/td>\n6-0<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n04\/27\/74<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n62 Jesus Feliciano<\/a><\/td>\nL\/L<\/td>\n5-10<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n06\/06\/79<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n91 Kirk Nieuwenhuis<\/a><\/td>\nL\/R<\/td>\n6-3<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n08\/07\/87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It feels almost silly to have to mention that Kiko Calero is a non roster invitee considering he appeared in 67 games for the Florida Marlins and had a 1.95 ERA. It’s not that those numbers were believed to be a fluke it’s just most teams (for unknown reasons to me) were scared off of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[59,370,481,491],"coauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-baseball","8":"tag-kiko-calero","9":"tag-new-york-mets","10":"tag-non-roster-invitee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}