Amazin' Avenue · Dec 27, 2019
Getting to know Mets reliever Dellin Betances
Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY SportsWhether you pay close attention to the New York Yankees or not, it would have been hard to miss, as a Mets fan, what Dellin Betances was doing across town over the past several years. The 6’ 8”, 265-pound right-handed reliever, who will turn 32 just before the 2020 season starts, signed a one-year deal with the Mets earlier this week, pointing out in a statement that he grew up in Manhattan, went to high school in Brooklyn, played in the minors in Staten Island, and made his name as a major league player in The Bronx—and that he’ll now get to complete his five-borough checklist by playing in Queens.