Bleacher Report · Dec 17, 2024
Clay Holmes Talks Mets Contract, 'Excited' to Be Starter Again After Yankees Stint
New York Mets right-hander Clay Holmes is excited to be a starter again after pitching out of the bullpen for the last six seasons.
"I didn't want to look back at the end of my career and say, 'Man, what could've come from that?'" Holmes said during his introductory press conference over Zoom on Tuesday (h/t Joe Pantorno of amNewYork. "It's something deep down I had a passion for, and it excited me."
Anthony DiComo of MLB.com relayed more of Holmes' remarks on the matter:
Holmes, a ninth-round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2011 MLB draft, started in the minors for almost all of his time in the minors before getting the call-up to the bigs in 2018.