Last week, the Mets signed Tommy Hunter to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league spring training. Now 34 years old, Hunter has been mentioned on this site several times in the past as an option for the Mets in free agency, and the team was reportedly interested in him following the 2017 season.
Drafted by the Rangers in the first round back in 2007 out of the University of Alabama, Hunter made his first professional appearances in relief that year at the team’s Low-A affiliate. But following that introduction to professional ball, he spent the early chunk of his career as a starting pitcher.