Tyler Bashlor

WTM’s PLAYER PROFILE

2013
R+:  0-1-0, 5.74 ERA, 1.66 WHIP, 15.2 IP, 6.9 BB/9, 10.3 K/9

The Mets sent Bashlor to advanced rookie ball for his debut.  He missed a lot of bats, but also had control problems.

2014-15
INJURED

Bashlor missed both seasons following the TJ surgery.

2016
A:  4-2-3, 2.50 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 50.1 IP, 5.0 BB/9, 12.2 K/9
A+:  0-1-0, 5.06 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 5.1 IP, 3.4 BB/9, 8.4 K/9

Bashlor went to low A and pitched well in relief.  Opponents batted only .194 against him and slugged only .259, although walks remained a problem.  He had a reverse platoon split, holding left-handed batters to a .462 OPS.

2017
A+:  2-2-10, 4.89 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 35.0 IP, 5.4 BB/9, 15.7 K/9
AA:  1-0-3, 0.00 ERA, 0.75 WHIP, 14.2 IP, 2.5 BB/9, 14.1 K/9

In high A, Bashlor generally pitched well, but had a rough stretch of three games at mid-season in which he gave up half of his earned runs for the season.  He pitched better after a late-season promotion to AA, and he fanned a great many hitters throughout.  The Mets added him to the 40-man roster after the season and Baseball America rated him the team’s 19th best prospect.

2018
AA:  0-3-7, 2.63 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 24.0 IP, 4.5 BB/9, 11.3 K/9
MLB:  0-3-0, 4.22 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 32.0 IP, 3.4 BB/9, 7.0 K/9

Bashlor pitched well in AA through late June, then the Mets called him up to the majors and he stayed there through the end of the season.  Opponents there batted only .217 against him in the big leagues, although he was helped by a .225 BABIP, and he cut down on the walks.  He had trouble, though, with gopher balls, allowing one every five and a third innings.

2019
AAA:  3-2-8, 3.41 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 37.0 IP, 3.6 BB/9, 9.0 K/9
MLB:  0-3-0, 6.95 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 22.0 IP, 7.0 BB/9, 8.2 K/9

The Mets sent Bashlor to AAA to start the season, but called him up three times.  He pitched well in the minors but had a rough time with the Mets.  His walk rate was very high and he had more trouble with the longball, allowing better than one every six innings.

At the start of the shortened 2020 season, the Mets designated Bashlor for assignment, then sent him to the Pirates for cash considerations.

The Pirates’ acquisition of Bashlor continued the trend from Neal Huntington’s last year of frantically claiming every reliever reject they could lay their hands on.  He may have a little more upside than the others, given the velocity and high spin rate.  He has one option left.