{"id":16878,"date":"2014-03-29T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/mets-send-dice-k-to-triple-a\/"},"modified":"2014-03-29T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T16:31:00","slug":"mets-send-dice-k-to-triple-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/mets-send-dice-k-to-triple-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets send Dice-K to Triple-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; The New York Mets reassigned pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka to Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets announced the move after a 2-0 loss to Toronto in their spring training finale. Matsuzaka struck out eight batters in five shutout innings against the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old spent much of spring training fighting for the fifth spot in the Mets rotation. The team spent $100,000 on Tuesday in order to retain his rights. Matsuzaka heading to Las Vegas solidifies Jenrry Mejia as the fifth starter.<\/p>\n<p>Matsuzaka posted a 3-3 record with a 4.42 ERA last season in seven starts for the Mets. He spent his first six seasons with the Red Sox, who bid over $51 million for the Japanese right hander. In 123 career starts with the Red Sox and Mets, Matsuzaka is 53-40 with a 4.52 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets also reassigned right-handed pitcher Kyle Farnsworth to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; The New York Mets reassigned pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka to Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday. The Mets announced the move after a 2-0 loss to Toronto in their spring training finale. Matsuzaka struck out eight batters in five shutout innings against the Blue Jays. The 33-year-old spent much of spring training fighting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[187,59,186],"class_list":["post-16878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mets","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-mets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}