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Clay Holmes was the model of a consistent reliever. Each season, he recorded an ERA+ between 129 and 155, a K/9 rate between 9.2 and 10.1, a BB/9 rate between 2.8 and 3.3, and most notably an innings ...

As the New York Mets start a three-game series tonight against the Baltimore Orioles, they will have their first-year starter, Clay Holmes, on the mound for them. After signing a three-year, $38 ...

Tickle Me Elmo, Furbies, and turning a relief pitcher into a starting pitcher have been all of the rage in Decembers past. The last continues to be something ML ...

Clay Holmes knows what it’s like to get roughed up as a closer in The Bronx and understands the feeling of getting booed at ...

If you were to crudely compare Holmes' first-pitch strike rate to starting pitchers, he would rank 80th among starters who threw at least 120 innings, which puts him around Freddy Peralta, Hunter ...

It could have been much worse, but Clay Holmes's debut for the New York Mets did not go as planned. The reliever-turned-starter had everyone's hopes high after a Spring Training stretch that saw him ...

MIAMI — The drums and the noisemakers came out around the top of the sixth. Finally, the atmosphere at LoanDepot Park had some life. With more fans in attendance for the visiting team than the home ...

Last December, the New York Mets signed former Yankees reliever Clay Holmes to a three-year, $38 million contract with the intention of using him as a starter. While the initial news of the Mets ...

Despite a productive first season with the New York Mets, could this starting pitcher be on the move after just one year? In an October 20 article for Bleacher Report, Kerry Miller named Clay Holmes ...

Tyler Rogers was never coming back to the New York Mets for the deal he got from the Toronto Blue Jays. They were quick on ...

This exercise highlights the need for something big — something that goes against the grain of what the Mets have indicated ...