NEW YORK — The Mets have found their fourth outfielder.
The club is in agreement with Tommy Pham on a one-year, $6 million contract pending a physical, according to SNY’s Andy Martino. Outfield depth has been thin all winter and when Jake Mangum went to the Miami Marlins as the player to be named later in the trade for Elieser Hernandez and Jeff Brigham it got even thinner. In recent weeks, the Mets have talked with Andrew McCutchen and Adam Duvall, but McCutchen went back to the Pittsburgh Pirates to reunite with the team that drafted him and Duvall went to the Boston Red Sox where he can receive more playing time.
The 34-year-old Las Vegas native has hit .259 with a .787 OPS and 114 home runs over nine major league seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds and the Red Sox. His splits against left-handers stand out, especially since the Mets have struggled to hit left-handed pitching and did not receive the production they had hoped for out of Darin Ruf last season. Pham has slashed .376/.392/.450 with a .843 OPS lifetime against lefties.
