PRESS RELEASE - METS SIGN LHP ZACH MUCKENHIRN AND RHP DENYI REYES

FLUSHING, N.Y., November 23, 2022 – The New York Mets announced today that the club has signed pitchers Zach Muckenhirn and Denyi [DEN-yee] Reyes to minor league contracts with an invitation to major league Spring Training.

 

Muckenhirn, 27, appeared in 47 games with Triple-A Charlotte in the Chicago White Sox organization last season, going 3-1 with two saves and a 3.11 ERA (19 ER/55.0 IP) with 23 walks and 56 strikeouts. Across six minor league seasons, he is 21-21 with a 3.82 ERA (159 ER/375.0 IP) with 137 walks and 387 strikeouts. He was originally selected by the Baltimore Orioles in 11^th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of North Dakota.

 

Reyes, 26, made his major league debut as a member of the Baltimore Orioles in 2022. He appeared in three games (one start) with the club, posting a 2.35 ERA (2 ER/7.2 IP) with a walk and three strikeouts. In seven minor league seasons, Reyes owns a 45-28 record with a 3.29 ERA (218 ER/596.1 IP), 89 walks and 526 strikeouts. He was originally signed as a non-drafted minor league free agent by the Boston Red Sox in 2014.

Zach Muckenhirn Stats:

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2016	21	-0.3	Aberdeen	NYPL	A-	BAL	5	2	.714	2.43	2.70	12	3	0	0	0	0	33.1	38	10	9	2	3	0	34	0	1	2	133	1.230	10.3	0.5	0.8	9.2	11.33
2017	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A-	BAL	5	10	.333	5.13	6.28	27	21	1	0	0	0	124.2	164	87	71	13	36	0	103	4	0	9	568	1.604	11.8	0.9	2.6	7.4	2.86
2017	22	0.1	Delmarva	SALL	A	BAL	4	9	.308	5.09	6.26	22	21	0	0	0	0	115.0	156	80	65	12	34	0	89	4	0	8	529	1.652	12.2	0.9	2.7	7.0	2.62
2017	22	0.7	Aberdeen	NYPL	A-	BAL	1	1	.500	5.59	6.52	5	0	1	0	0	0	9.2	8	7	6	1	2	0	14	0	0	1	39	1.034	7.4	0.9	1.9	13.0	7.00
2018	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-A	BAL	2	1	.667	3.64	3.78	44	0	21	0	0	8	64.1	53	27	26	2	28	2	79	1	0	8	274	1.259	7.4	0.3	3.9	11.1	2.82
2018	23	-1.4	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	0	0		5.67	5.67	20	0	5	0	0	1	27.0	26	17	17	1	18	1	27	0	0	5	123	1.630	8.7	0.3	6.0	9.0	1.50
2018	23	-0.1	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	1	1	.500	2.21	2.21	12	0	7	0	0	4	20.1	16	5	5	1	4	1	25	0	0	2	79	0.984	7.1	0.4	1.8	11.1	6.25
2018	23	1.1	Delmarva	SALL	A	BAL	1	0	1.000	2.12	2.65	12	0	9	0	0	3	17.0	11	5	4	0	6	0	27	1	0	1	72	1.000	5.8	0.0	3.2	14.3	4.50
2019	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	3	6	.333	4.11	4.58	41	0	23	0	0	5	57.0	48	29	26	4	28	4	73	1	0	5	245	1.333	7.6	0.6	4.4	11.5	2.61
2019	24	-2.2	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	0	1	.000	17.18	17.18	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	9	7	7	1	4	1	8	0	0	0	24	3.545	22.1	2.5	9.8	19.6	2.00
2019	24	-0.3	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	3	5	.375	3.21	3.71	37	0	21	0	0	5	53.1	39	22	19	3	24	3	65	1	0	5	221	1.181	6.6	0.5	4.1	11.0	2.71
2020	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.73	0.73	11	0	0	0	0	0	12.1	8	1	1	0	3	0	20	0	1	1	46	0.892	5.8	0.0	2.2	14.6	6.67
2020-21	25	-0.1	Caguas	PRWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.96	0.96	8	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	7	1	1	0	1	0	15	0	1	1	34	0.857	6.8	0.0	1.0	14.5	15.00
2020-21	25	-4.4	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	12	1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	15.0	2.50
2021	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	9	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	28	0.480	4.3	0.0	0.0	9.7
2021	26	1.4	Birmingham	AASO	AA	CHW	3	1	.750	1.77	1.77	30	0	7	0	0	1	40.2	30	8	8	3	19	0	42	0	0	4	166	1.205	6.6	0.7	4.2	9.3	2.21
2021-22	26	-1.0	Caguas	PRWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	7	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	22	0.286	2.6	0.0	0.0	11.6
2021-22	26	-3.1	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2022	27	0.0	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	3	1	.750	3.11	3.11	47	0	9	0	0	2	55.0	51	19	19	9	23	0	56	0	0	3	235	1.345	8.3	1.5	3.8	9.2	2.43
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
(1 season)							3	4	.429	6.07	6.46	12	8	0	0	0	0	46.0	56	33	31	5	11	0	29	3	0	4	206	1.457	11.0	1.0	2.2	5.7	2.64
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		21	21	.500	3.82	4.32	201	24	61	0	0	16	375.0	384	180	159	33	137	6	387	6	1	31	1621	1.389	9.2	0.8	3.3	9.3	2.82
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		2	0	1.000	0.44	0.44	20	0	2	0	0	0	20.2	12	1	1	0	3	0	29	0	1	2	74	0.726	5.2	0.0	1.3	12.6	9.67

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Generated 11/23/2022.

Zach Muckenhirn Video:

Mets sign LHP Zack Muckenhirn and RHP Denyi Reyes to Minor League Deals. Muckenhirn pitched last year for the Charlotte Knights. #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @BTB_MikeII @MiLBMetsMadness https://t.co/ZlUb0p7Xph pic.twitter.com/XaXaUEmZga

— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) November 24, 2022

Denyi Reyes Stats:

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2015	18	-1.0	Red Sox 2	DOSL	FRk	BOS	7	1	.875	2.88	3.36	15	14	1	0	0	0	75.0	73	28	24	0	3	0	63	4	0	3	296	1.013	8.8	0.0	0.4	7.6	21.00
2016	19	-1.6	Red Sox	GULF	Rk	BOS	4	1	.800	2.34	3.38	9	3	4	0	0	0	34.2	30	13	9	3	4	0	25	0	0	2	141	0.981	7.8	0.8	1.0	6.5	6.25
2017	20	-1.3	Lowell	NYPL	A-	BOS	9	0	1.000	1.45	1.89	15	0	3	0	0	0	62.0	52	13	10	3	7	0	53	1	0	6	245	0.952	7.5	0.4	1.0	7.7	7.57
2018	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	BOS	12	5	.706	1.97	2.66	27	24	1	2	1	0	155.2	122	46	34	13	19	0	145	5	0	2	609	0.906	7.1	0.8	1.1	8.4	7.63
2018	21	-2.1	Salem	CARL	A+	BOS	2	2	.500	2.25	3.66	6	6	0	0	0	0	32.0	30	13	8	2	6	0	23	1	0	0	132	1.125	8.4	0.6	1.7	6.5	3.83
2018	21	-0.9	Greenville	SALL	A	BOS	10	3	.769	1.89	2.40	21	18	1	2	1	0	123.2	92	33	26	11	13	0	122	4	0	2	477	0.849	6.7	0.8	0.9	8.9	9.38
2019	22	-2.3	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	8	12	.400	4.16	4.40	26	26	0	0	0	0	151.1	142	74	70	14	37	0	116	6	1	3	629	1.183	8.4	0.8	2.2	6.9	3.14
2020-21	23	-5.9	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	0		0.61	1.84	4	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	7	3	1	0	1	0	15	0	1	1	53	0.545	4.3	0.0	0.6	9.2	15.00
2021	24	-0.7	Portland	AANE	AA	BOS	4	2	.667	4.21	4.68	20	5	2	0	0	0	57.2	64	30	27	10	10	0	63	4	0	2	247	1.283	10.0	1.6	1.6	9.8	6.30
2021-22	24	-5.7	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	2	.000	16.20	16.20	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	10	9	9	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	26	2.200	18.0	3.6	1.8	7.2	4.00
2022	25		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A-A+	BAL	1	7	.125	6.60	7.05	17	12	4	0	0	1	60.0	77	47	44	13	9	0	61	2	0	3	268	1.433	11.6	2.0	1.4	9.2	6.78
2022	25	-2.0	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	0	7	.000	7.17	7.67	15	10	4	0	0	1	54.0	74	46	43	13	8	0	54	2	0	3	246	1.519	12.3	2.2	1.3	9.0	6.75
2022	25	2.0	Aberdeen	SALL	A+	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2022	25	3.3	Delmarva	CARL	A	BAL	1	0	1.000	1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	19	0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00
2022	25	-3.4	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	0		2.35	2.35	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.2	8	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	1.174	9.4	0.0	1.2	3.5	3.00
2022-23	25	-4.7	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	3	.000	9.45	9.45	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	11	7	7	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	33	2.250	14.9	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (1 season)					Majors		0	0		2.35	2.35	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.2	8	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	1.174	9.4	0.0	1.2	3.5	3.00
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		45	28	.616	3.29	3.79	129	84	15	2	1	1	596.1	560	251	218	56	89	0	526	22	1	21	2435	1.088	8.5	0.8	1.3	7.9	5.91
Foreign (3 seasons)					Foreign		0	5	.000	5.81	6.49	9	7	0	0	0	0	26.1	28	19	17	2	6	0	21	0	1	2	112	1.291	9.6	0.7	2.1	7.2	3.50

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Generated 11/23/2022.

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