Press Release: Mets sign RHP Michael Tonkin

FLUSHING, N.Y., December 6, 2023 – The New York Mets announced today that the club has signed right-handed pitcher Michael Tonkin to a one-year contract.

 

Tonkin, 34, spent the 2023 season as a member of the Atlanta Braves, his first major league action since 2017. He appeared in 45 games, going 7-3 with a 4.28 ERA (38 ER/80.0 IP) with 23 walks and 75 strikeouts. He held right-handed hitters to a .190 (30-158) batting average.

 

In 186 career games across six major league seasons, the 6-7, 220-pounder has posted a 10-6 record with a 4.37 ERA (110 ER/226.1 IP) with 77 walks and 224 strikeouts. He spent the 2018 season with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the NPB appearing in 53 games with the club and posting a 4-4 record with a 3.71 ERA (21 ER/51.0 IP) with 23 walks and 33 strikeouts.

 

Tonkin made a major league-leading 24 relief appearances of 2.0 innings or longer last season, tied for the third-most by a National League pitcher since 2000.

 

The Glendale, CA native was originally selected in the 30^th round by the Minnesota Twins in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of Palmdale (CA) High School.

According to FanGraphs, he is out of Minor League Options.

Michael Tonkin's Stats:  

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2008	18	MIN-min	Rk	0	1	.000	3.27	6	1	0	0	0	0	11.0	10	4	4	0	3	0	8	1	0	0	47			1.182	8.2	0.0	2.5	6.5	2.67	TWN GULF
2009	19	MIN-min	Rk	3	4	.429	3.62	11	9	0	0	0	0	54.2	55	30	22	2	9	0	60	4	0	5	231			1.171	9.1	0.3	1.5	9.9	6.67	TWN GULF
2010	20	MIN-min	A,Rk	4	6	.400	3.40	23	12	3	0	0	1	90.0	94	49	34	8	22	1	66	12	0	8	393			1.289	9.4	0.8	2.2	6.6	3.00	BEL,ELZ MIDW,APPY
2011	21	MIN-min	A	4	3	.571	3.87	48	3	17	0	0	2	76.2	82	41	33	3	24	1	69	8	0	6	338			1.383	9.6	0.4	2.8	8.1	2.88	BEL MIDW
2012	22	MIN-min	A,A+	4	1	.800	2.08	44	0	25	0	0	12	69.1	53	20	16	3	20	1	97	3	0	6	281			1.053	6.9	0.4	2.6	12.6	4.85	BEL,FTM MIDW,FLOR
2013	23	MIN-min	AAA,AA	2	4	.333	3.47	52	0	41	0	0	21	57.0	54	28	22	3	16	1	66	4	0	2	247			1.228	8.5	0.5	2.5	10.4	4.13	ROC,NBR IL,EL
2013	23	MIN	AL	0	0		0.79	9	0	6	0	0	0	11.1	9	6	1	0	3	0	10	0	0	1	47	530	2.08	1.059	7.1	0.0	2.4	7.9	3.33
2014	24	MIN-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.80	39	0	28	0	0	10	45.0	41	18	14	2	12	3	46	2	0	1	190			1.178	8.2	0.4	2.4	9.2	3.83	ROC IL
2014	24	MIN	AL	0	0		4.74	25	0	8	0	0	0	19.0	23	13	10	2	6	0	16	2	0	1	87	84	4.08	1.526	10.9	0.9	2.8	7.6	2.67
2015	25	MIN-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.10	33	0	23	0	0	14	41.0	25	5	5	2	5	0	46	1	0	4	151			0.732	5.5	0.4	1.1	10.1	9.20	ROC IL
2015	25	MIN	AL	0	0		3.47	26	0	10	0	0	0	23.1	21	9	9	4	9	2	19	1	0	1	99	119	5.02	1.286	8.1	1.5	3.5	7.3	2.11
2016	26	MIN	AL	3	2	.600	5.02	65	0	23	0	0	0	71.2	80	46	40	13	24	0	80	3	0	5	315	84	4.40	1.451	10.0	1.6	3.0	10.0	3.33
2017	27	MIN-min	AAA	4	2	.667	1.73	31	0	22	0	0	5	41.2	31	8	8	1	13	0	61	4	0	0	169			1.056	6.7	0.2	2.8	13.2	4.69	ROC IL
2017	27	MIN	AL	0	1	.000	5.14	16	0	8	0	0	0	21.0	22	15	12	6	12	0	24	1	0	2	97	87	6.44	1.619	9.4	2.6	5.1	10.3	2.00
2019	29	MIL-ARI-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	5.73	19	0	7	0	0	0	22.0	21	17	14	6	14	1	25	2	0	0	101			1.591	8.6	2.5	5.7	10.2	1.79	SAN,REN PCL
2022	32	ATL-min	AAA	5	2	.714	3.17	47	0	39	0	0	16	48.1	38	20	17	3	15	0	73	7	1	1	200			1.097	7.1	0.6	2.8	13.6	4.87	GWI IL
2023	33	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	0	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		GWI IL
2023	33	ATL	NL	7	3	.700	4.28	45	0	11	0	0	1	80.0	64	41	38	13	23	1	75	2	1	2	325	104	4.43	1.088	7.2	1.5	2.6	8.4	3.26
6 Yrs				10	6	.625	4.37	186	0	66	0	0	1	226.1	219	130	110	38	77	3	224	9	1	12	970	98	4.52	1.308	8.7	1.5	3.1	8.9	2.91

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Generated 12/6/2023.