- Eddie Kunz
Infobox MLB player
name=Eddie Kunz
width=300
position=relief pitcher
team=New York Mets
number=--
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1986|4|08
birthplace=city-state|Portland|Oregon
debutdate=August 3
debutyear=2008
debutteam=New York Mets
statyear=August 11, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=0-0
stat2label=Earned run average | stat2value=13.50
stat3label=Strikeout s
stat3value=1
teams=
*New York Mets (by|2008-present)Edward Cory Kunz (born
April 8 ,1986 inPortland, Oregon cite web|url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=446333|title=Player profile|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=2008-08-04] ) is an American professionalbaseball pitcher . Theright-hander currently plays for theNew Orleans Zephyrs of theNew York Mets organization.Kunz attended
Parkrose High School , in Portland, Oregon, where he played football,basketball , and baseball. He was a preseasonAll-America n second-team in by|2007 for theOregon State Beavers . [cite web|title=Oregon State profile |url=http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24962&SPID=1962&DB_OEM_ID=4700&ATCLID=130948&Q_SEASON=2006|accessdate=2006-06-08] OnAugust 24 , mlby|2007, the New York Mets signed Kunz after they selected him 42nd overall in the2007 Major League Baseball Draft .cite news|url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070724&content_id=2107013&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|title=Mets sign top Draft pick Kunz; Reliever helped Oregon State win back-to-back championships|last=Kobylarz|first=Lauren|date=2007-07-24|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=2008-08-05] Less than a year later, onAugust 3 , mlby|2008, he was called up to the Major Leagues from the Double-A affiliate,Binghamton Mets , after having a 2.79 ERA with 27 saves in 44 games.cite news|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080803&content_id=3246872&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Maine to DL as Mets call up Kunz; With Wagner ailing, bullpen needs reinforcement|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=2008-08-03|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=2008-08-03] That day, in his Major League debut, he pitched a scoreless seventh inning.cite news|url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080804&content_id=3251288&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|title=After quiet Deadline, Mets look inward; Kunz, Murphy and Evans give club homegrown boost|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=2008-08-04|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=2008-08-04] However, two weeks later, after struggling and the Mets' trade forLuis Ayala , he was demoted back to the minors.cite news|url=http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhhhBQTppjmlVsLzBCHieAqw_tGw|title=Mets demote RHP Eddie Kunz to make room for Luis Ayala|date=2008-08-18|publisher=The Canadian Press|accessdate=2008-08-18]References
External links
*Baseballstats |mlb=446333 |espn=8315 |br=k/kunzed01 |fangraphs=2862 |cube=K/Eddie-Kunz
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