Mike Jacobs Re-Joins The Mets To Compete For Job

Nobody’s yet quite certain, then, exactly what this means. The Mets have had Murphy working with Keith Hernandez to get better around the bag, but it’s possible they’re not very confident. They may not like Murphy at first. They may want to move Murphy in a trade. Or they may like Murphy quite a bit and don’t see Jacobs as a real threat to steal much playing time. The roster implications are still up in the air. For the time being, Jacobs will simply go to spring training fighting for a job.

Jacobs will earn a base salary of $900k if he makes the team, with more than $1m in incentives. Follow the story at Mets blog Amazin’ Avenue.