The New York Mets officially announced the signing of starting pitcher Rick Porcello on Wednesday. A conference call followed soon after where Porcello discussed his happiness to sign with the team he grew up rooting for as a kid in New Jersey.
“The Mets were the first one that called, even (as) kind of a small gesture because you get so many phone calls that day from different teams checking in,” Porcello said via Danny Abriano of SNY. “It was something that kind of put me on alert. I had my eyes set on the Mets entering free agency.