{"id":502566,"date":"2026-01-09T00:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/502566\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T00:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:51:12","slug":"ny-mets-sign-scott-boras-client-who-feels-a-lot-like-former-prospect-matt-allan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/502566\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Mets sign Scott Boras client who feels a lot like former prospect Matt Allan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/articles\/matt-allan-bryce-montes-de-oca-mets-minor-leaguers-free-agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Allan experiment came to a close at the beginning of the offseason<\/a> with the departure of a pitcher who was once meant to become a core part of the New York Mets pitching staff. Injuries limited him to only 30.1 innings, with exactly 0 from 2020-2024, the pandemic absent season of course only playing a minor role in the absence of games logged by the once-promising prospect.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">Turning 25 this April, it was time for a change. He has separated from the Mets. They haven\u2019t completely given up on the idea of taking chances on oft-injured pitchers in their early 20s.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">On Thursday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikemayer22\/status\/2009278589867348312\" target=\"_blank\">Mets signed Jun-Seok Shim<\/a>. He turns 22 in April and since going pro in 2023, he has been limited to 21.1 innings. Never hyped like Allan, the similarities are there.<\/p>\n<p>Jun-Seok Shim has had a fascinating professional career that has led him to the Mets<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5y\">Back in 2023, Shim was considered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/2023\/international\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10th best international prospect<\/a>. Just a high school kid who didn\u2019t play in Korea\u2019s KBO, he instead hired Scott Boras to get him a contract form a major league team. He attracted the attention of the Pittsburgh Pirates who paid him $750K.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"61\">Limited to 4 starts, Shim struck out 13 batters in 8 innings of work. It was a good start, but injuries have limited him to only 18.1 innings over the last two seasons. He suffered a shoulder injury in 2024 and didn\u2019t pitch again until the Arizona Fall League. He got blasted with 11 earned runs allowed in 5 innings. He walked 12 batters, too.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"64\">While recovering in 2024, the Pirates traded him to the Miami Marlins. He spent last year in Rookie Ball again, once more giving up a ton of runs while walking an outrageous number of batters he faced. 16 earned runs, 23 walks, and only 13.1 innings, the Marlins weren\u2019t willing to keep him around.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">This is a fascinating grab for the Mets. If nothing else, it\u2019s a true test of how magical the potions within the pitching lab are. Shim is unlikely to become a future star, but hey, what do they have to lose?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Matt Allan experiment came to a close at the beginning of the offseason with the departure of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":502567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-502566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115862404218516701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}