Fernando Nieve

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Age: 27 (born July 15,1982)

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right Throws: Right

Number: 38

Acquired: Claimed off waivers by the Mets from the Astros

Contract:

Fernando Nieve was once the top prospect in the Astros system, in the offseason before 2009 the mets gave him a minor league deal. He went 3-0 in the Mets minor league system before he came up to the big leagues due to a injury to John Maine.

He made his first start for the Mets in the New Yankee stadium on June 14, 2009. He pitched 7.1 inning and got the win. And in the two starts after his first win he was amazing.

He has been pitching so well that the Mets are thinking about leaving him in the starting rotation when John Maine and Oliver Perez come back.

Nieve was one of the of the candidates for Oliver Perez's spot in the starting pitching rotation.

On May 29, 2010, Nieve started for the Mets against the Milwaukee Brewers who didn't get that much support as the Mets wore the New York Cubans uniforms and the Brewers wore the Milwaukee Bears uniforms to honor the Negro Leagues. Nieve gave up 2 homeruns and was taken out of the game by going 2 IP and took the loss making his record 1-3 and threw around 60 pitches. As they lost to a score of 8-6.

On July 22, 2010, Manny Acosta replaced Fernando Nieve after Nieve was put for DFA.