RiverHawks Sign Former Mets Farmhand
August 3, 2010 - Northern League (NL)
Rockford RiverHawks News Release
LOVES PARK, Ill. - The Rockford RiverHawks have signed another former New York Mets farmhand.
Rockford's only professional baseball team announced on Tuesday that it has signed pitcher Jimmy Johnson. Johnson was 4-3 with a 4.93 earned-run average in 28 appearances, one as a starter, with the high Class A St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League.
The Mets took Johnson out of Biola University with their 28th-round pick in the 2008 draft. The southpaw has averaged roughly a strikeout an inning as a professional. He has LS-1 status in the Northern League.
The RiverHawks have two other former New York farmhands on the roster - infielder Jake Eigsti and reliever Emary Frederick.
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