The Red Sox acquired Slaten from the Mets on Wednesday in exchange for Ryan Ammons and cash considerations.
New York just plucked Slaten away from the Rangers in the Rule 5 Draft, but the 26-year-old right-hander is once again on the move. He registered a 2.87 ERA and 86:20 K:BB in 59.2 innings between Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Round Rock in 2023.
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Mets' Justin Slaten: Plucked in Rule 5 Draft
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The Mets selected Slaten during the 2023 Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday.
Slaten spent most of last season at the Double-A level and had a 3.16 ERA and 76:16 K:BB over 51.1 innings, and he gave up just one run in his five appearances at Triple-A down the stretch. That apparently wasn't enough for the Rangers to justify adding him to the 40-man roster, allowing the Mets to select him. The 26-year-old has plenty of strikeout potential and will need to be with the big-league club for all of 2024 in order to stick in Queens.
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Rangers' Justin Slaten: Returns from IL
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Slaten (undisclosed) has been activated from the 7-day injured list at High-A Hickory.
Slaten, the No. 86 overall pick in the 2019 First-Year Player Draft, has struggled since his professional debut. He had a 6.46 ERA in rookie ball in 2019 and has a 6.35 ERA and 46:31 K:BB in 34 innings at Double-A this season.
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Rangers' Justin Slaten: Placed on injured list
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Slaten (undisclosed) has been placed on the 7-Day injured list at High-A Hickory.
Slaten, the No. 86 overall pick in the 2019 first-year player draft, has struggled since his professional debut. He had a 6.46 ERA in rookie ball in 2019 and has a 6.40 ERA and 44:30 K:BB in 32.1 innings at Double-A this season.
