Mets Looking to Solidify Bullpen

Early yesterday morning Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, reported that the Mets had agreed to sign former Nationals closer Chad Cordero.  According to Rosenthal:

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The deal will be announced today, the source said. Cordero chose the Mets with the belief that he would stand a good chance of returning to the majors quickly."

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Chad was one of the games best closers saving 113 games for the Nationals from 2005-2007 while posting a 2.76 ERA over that span.

Year	Tm	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	ER	BB	SO	SO/9	SO/BB
2003	MON	1	0	1.64	12	1	11.0	2	3	12	9.8	4.00
2004	MON	7	3	2.94	69	14	82.2	27	43	83	9.0	1.93
2005	WSN	2	4	1.82	74	47	74.1	15	17	61	7.4	3.59
2006	WSN	7	4	3.19	68	29	73.1	26	22	69	8.5	3.14
2007	WSN	3	3	3.36	76	37	75.0	28	29	62	7.4	2.14
2008	WSN	0	0	2.08	6	0	4.1	1	3	5	10.4	1.67
2010	SEA	0	1	6.52	9	0	9.2	7	5	6	5.6	1.20
7 Seasons		20	15	2.89	314	128	330.1	106	122	298	8.1	2.44

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

After being diagnosed with tendinitis in his throwing shoulder, Cordero started the 2008 season on the DL before eventually having season ending surgery to fix a torn labrum. This season, while pitching for the Seattle Mariners Cordero allowed 7 runs in  9 2/3 IP (6.52 ERA) and became a free agent when he declined an option to Triple-A Tacoma and according to Adam Rubin:...TO READ THE REST OF THIS POST HEAD TO METSZILLA.COM BY CLICKING HERE:

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