Utility player Willie Harris has agreed to a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds, who invited him to spring training with a chance to win a job off the bench. The 33-year-old Harris batted .246 with two homers and 23 RBIs in 126 games for the Mets last season. It was his 11th in the majors. Harris also has played for the Orioles, White Sox, Red Sox, Braves and Nationals...

If the signing of utility man Willie Harris on Monday wasn't enough to secure depth in the Cincinnati infield, Wednesday's deal sure did. Late Wednesday afternoon, the Redlegs pulled the trigger on a trade that landed utility infielder Wilson Vadlez from the Phillies in exchange for left-handed reliever Jeremy Horst. Valdez appeared in 99 games for the NL East Champs...

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Utility player Willie Harris has agreed to a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds, who invited him to spring training with a chance to win a job off the bench. The 33-year-old Harris batted .246 with two homers and 23 RBIs in 126 games for the Mets last season. It was his 11th in the majors. Harris also has played for the Orioles, White Sox, Red Sox, Braves...

Cincy addressed their last remaining need on their offseason wish list with the signing of free agent utility man Willie Harris on Monday. The two sides agreed on a minor league deal which includes a non-roster invite to the club's Spring Training in Goodyear, Arizona. Should Harris make the big league roster he will earn a base salary of $800,000 with the potential to earn as...

With all three of the Mets’ starting outfielders on the shelf, Willie Harris has received regular playing time the final week-plus of the season. In fact, Harris is tied with Jose Reyes for most games played for the 2011 Mets, something that no one saw coming when he inked a minor league deal back in January. It has been a nice bounce-back season for the veteran, which brings...

Last year Willie Harris posted a .653 OPS (a drop of 104 points from a year ago) and it looked like his career was in jeopardy. He hooked on with the Mets and got off to a hot start in 2011. But by the third week of May, Harris was back to his 2010 ways, as he had a .203/.308/.304 line and a demotion/release seemed imminent. But the Mets ran into some injuries – or is that the...

The Mets “aren’t likely to attempt to re-sign OF Willie Harris,” tweets Andy Martino of the Daily News. In October, Martino said a team source indicated that Harris and Scott Hairston would not be resigned until much later in the off-season, “if they are resigned at all.” However, Martino added Harris “became a clubhouse leader and one of manager Terry Collins’...

Willie Harris’ wife Trey, who went into labor at the five-month mark in her pregnancy, lost the baby last night. Terrible news to say the least. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Willie Harris, his wife, and their entire family. Original Post Mets outfielder Willie Harris had to leave during Wednesday’s game to fly to New York after his wife Trey unexpectedly went...

When the morning of September 11th came, many of us just thought of it as any other day, ready for the usual daily grind. Many of us baseball fans were anxious about the pennant races as the 2001 baseball season wound down to the last few games. But with the falling of the World Trade Center towers, everything stopped, everything became different. All the usual minuscule worries...

OUCH! Last night's game hurt. There wasn't just one reason for the pain the Mets caused fans last night. There were a quite a few. First painful stat is the Mets left 10 men on base. With the dearth of run production the Mets have had of late, this stat really stands out. They are getting people on base, but incapable of plating them. Second wound was opened when Collins...

Mets outfielder Willie Harris had to leave during Wednesday’s game to fly to New York after his wife Trey unexpectedly went into labor only five months into the pregnancy. Our prayers and best wishes go out to Willie and his wife. The Mets placed Harris on paternity leave after the game, and re-called outfielder Fernando Martinez from Triple-A Buffalo.  F-Mart was hitting...

In a word, no. Andy Martino of the Daily News wrote that a team source indicated that Willie Harris and Scott Hairston will not be re-signed until much later in the off-season, if they are re-signed at all. Martino adds that Harris became a clubhouse leader and one of manager Terry Collins’ favorites and that a return is likely. I read stuff like this and it drives me...

When the morning of September 11th came, many of us just thought of it as any other day, ready for the the usual daily grind, anxious about the pennant races as the 2001 baseball season wound down to the last few games; but with the falling of the World Trade Center towers, everything became different, all the usual minuscule worries we found to be so paramount suddenly became...

When the Mets' Willie Harris hunches over the iPod in his locker, as he seems to spend hours doing, he is not just going through the clubhouse motions of killing time before a game. Very deliberately, almost subliminally, he is sending messages to his teammates, The Wall Street Journal reported. This song, he tells them through the music and a cranked-up speaker, should accompany...

New York Mets outfielder Willie Harris has been put on the bereavement list after his wife went into premature labor and their baby died. Manager Terry Collins offered his condolences to Harris and his wife, Trey, before Thursday's game at Detroit. Harris had gone on the paternity list Wednesday when his wife went into labor. The Mets provided no other details on the death...

John Delcos of Newyorkmetsreport.com and Joe DeCaro of Metsmerizedonline.com will be doing more and more projects together with the goal of merging two successful blogs in the hope of giving our readers everything they’ll need in covering the Mets. Continuing our review of the 2011 Mets, today we take a look at bench players Willie Harris and Scott Hairston. Tomorrow: Chris...

New York Mets outfielder Willie Harris has been put on the bereavement list after his wife went into premature labor and their baby died. Manager Terry Collins offered his condolences to Harris and his wife, Trey, before Thursday's game at Detroit. Harris had gone on the paternity list Wednesday when his wife went into labor. The Mets provided no other details on the death...

Yesterday, Willie Harris went 1 for 3 with two RBI and a run scored. In the top of the ninth, Harris capped the Mets’ six-run rally by delivering the go-ahead, two out, two strike, two-run single. Brian Erni: Since his rough start to the 2011 season, Harris has been quietly productive coming off the bench. His .256 average and .361 on-base percentage — along with his...

Further proof that the band will not be getting back together, Willie Harris has left Flushing for the allure of chili cheese coneys and bad pizza ... and a much more realistic shot at a division title in Cincinnati where Harris has signed with the Reds on a minor league contract. This could only mean that Harris, who was a defensive wizard everywhere else in his life except Flushing...

Terry Collins knows  Jurrjens is tough. He playing the numbers tonight.  Willie Harris starts in Left field over Jason Bay.  Harris is 7 for 14 against Jurrjens in his career. The Mets will have Turner on the pine and will have Murphy at 3rd tonight instead. Murph is hitting .333 against Jurrjens.  Pretty odd lineup if you ask me as the Mets start a 3 game set against the Braves...

Reds manager Dusty Baker says the team signed Willie Harris, John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer tweets. Paragon Sports International represents the versatile 33-year-old. Harris spent the 2011 campaign with the Mets after a three-year stint in Washington. He can play all three outfield positions plus second and third and owns a .330 on-base percentage in 11 seasons. The Nationals and Mets...

There are two things that have been nagging at my mind, in a sad way, the last few days. First, when it was announced the other night that Willie Harris had to abruptly leave the team to fly home to be with his wife who had gone into premature labor, at first I thought, ok the baby is probably a few weeks to a month early, no big deal, hospitals deal with that all the time. Then...

New York Mets outfielder Willie Harris' wife went into premature labor and lost their baby late Wednesday night. Harris left Wednesday's game against the Detroit Tigers upon hearing that his wife, Trey, went into labor - just five months into the pregnancy. He was officially placed on the paternity leave list prior to the latter news. Fernando Martinez was called up from...

Posted in MetsBlog Last night, Willie Harris struggled defensively at third base. After the game, Harris talked with reporters and basically said: This is without a doubt the angriest he’s seen Terry Collins, who’s brief post-game talk with the team was taken to heart. When a team is struggling, it can be a good test of a player’s character. In the 7th inning,...

I know the Mets seem to be only making minor tweaks to a team that needs a serious influx of talent, and it sucks.  But even-so, here’s the news… #bbpBox_154938226208018432 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0084B4; }#bbpBox_154938226208018432 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }Can now confirm that Scott Hairston was indeed re-signed by #Metsabout 2 hours ago via webReplyRetweetFavor...