The Mets officially announced Jon Niese’s five-year extension. Niese, 25, enters 2012 with a 22-23 record and 4.39 ERA for his career.
Mets Officially Announce Jon Niese’s 5-Year Extension
The deal also has two club option years that can push the total of the deal to around $46 million, but the club can also buyout the final years for $500,000 for each year.
Pitching for the Mets in 2011, Niese picked up an 11-11 record with a 4.40 ERA. Over the past four seasons with the Mets, he has a combined record of 22-23 with a 4.39 ERA. Niese is just one of the young players the Mets have locked up as they attempt to recover from the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme and try to get back to being a playoff-contending club.
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