Morning Grind: Fans Need To Know More, Sandy Flubs On Fossum

Hey everyone! Here is this week’s Morning Grind: Mets Sign Casey Fossum Normally when I see that Alderson signed an under-the-radar type player, I look at almost every stat I can find. Alderson is about finding a cheap, one-tool player than a type-A free agent, four or five tool players for many more years and tens of millions more. But Fossum is not even a one-tool player, I do not understand this signing what-so-ever. He has little experience versus the NL East, and in the few outings he has had against the division, he has been ineffective at best. In 13 career games, Fossum is a dismal 1-5 with a 8.86 ERA when facing the NL East. Whether it is 1st or 2nd half, or home or away, two things remain the same: an ERA north of 5.00 and that Fossum struggles, mightily. He only has slightly better numbers versus left-handed batters, but not significant enough to make a case for Fossum.  Anyway you slice it, normal statistics, sabermetric statistics or split stats, Fossum is just n...