Mets announced that they signed Chuck James to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training, the 30 y/o left hander is the exact type of pitcher Alderson described less then a week ago. Someone who could either pitch out of the rotation or the pen and could start the year in Buffalo. Selected in the 20th round of the 2002 draft by the Braves, he was the #96 ranked prospect in all of baseball by Baseball America prior to the 2006 season. James made his major league debut in 2005 when he pitched in two games as a Sept. call-up. In his rookie season (2006) he went 11-4 with a 3.78 ERA in 18 starts of 25 appearances. The next year he would spend the entire season in the rotation as a #3 in which he went 11-10 with a 4.24. 2008 would be his last season as a Brave making seven starts with an ERA of 9.10 and a record of 2-5. Reminiscent of the Mets medical staff, James would express concern about discomfort which the medical staff could not find. A second opinion would resul...
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