Ty

Kelly

Kelly hasn’t appeared in the majors since the 2018 campaign. The 34-year-old journeyman will head to Seattle following a stint with Israel earlier this month in the World Baseball Classic. He spent last year in the Dodgers organization at Triple-A Oklahoma City and Double-A Tulsa. He’ll presumably head to Triple-A Tacoma to open the minor league season to continue his pretty remarkable career.

Kelly signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers back in March and has hit just .152/.230/.212 with zero home runs in 74 plate appearances over 27 games this season between Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City. The 34-year-old veteran journeyman infielder last appeared in the majors back in 2018.

Kelly made the announcement on his personal Twitter account. The 33-year-old veteran infielder will serve as organizational depth for the Dodgers this upcoming season. He split the 2021 campaign between the Mariners’ minor-league system and the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League. He last appeared in the majors back in 2018.

Kelly came out of a brief retirement to play independent ball and then caught on with the Mariners’ organization earlier this season, but he struggled at the Triple-A level. It’s unclear at this point whether he will choose to continue his career.

Kelly, 32, hasn’t appeared in the majors since the 2018 campaign. He’ll likely serve as organizational infield depth in the minor-leagues for the Mariners this summer.

Kelly noted on Twitter that Andrew Luck was trying to steal his “retirement thunder.” The 31-year-old super-utilityman had been playing this summer with the Triple-A affiliate of the Angels and was batting .246/.325/.320 in 317 plate appearances. He ultimately appeared in 118 career games at the major league level between the 2016-2018 seasons.

The deal does not include an invitation to the MLB side of Angels spring training, per Robert Murray of The Athletic. Kelly can play all over the diamond defensively, but the 30-year-old super-utilityman owns a .203/.288/.323 career batting line in the bigs. He’ll be a Triple-A guy for the Halos.

Kelly has batted .245/.345/.367 with one homer over 58 plate appearances in the big this season. He’ll give the club some versatility in September.

Kelly can play all around the diamond defensively, giving the Mets some flexibility while Lucas Duda recovers from a back injury. The 27-year-old career minor leaguer was hitting .391/.478/.548 with two home runs and two stolen bases in 35 games this season at Triple-A Las Vegas. We wouldn’t expect those numbers to translate.

The Mets needed to clear room on the 25-man roster for the recently acquired Kelly Johnson and Kelly, Ty, served as the transaction casualty. Prior to being sent down, the 27-year-old third baseman had picked up four hits in 23 at-bats during his 10 games played with the Mets. Kelly will return to a robust .391/.478/.548 Triple-A triple-slash when he re-merges with the affiliate in Las Vegas.