Clay Holmes’ WBC nod is another step toward shedding his Mets ‘cloud’
NY Post
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Clay Holmes plans to make one more start in Mets camp before he begins his next spring challenge: the World Baseball Classic.
The right-hander first talked about participating in the tournament last year after Andy Pettitte, Team USA’s pitching coach, contacted him.
“He said he wanted me to be a part of the team, and I’m honored to get an opportunity to do this,” Holmes said after making his first Grapefruit League start Monday. “I think the world of Andy. Someone like him believing in me and being in my corner and wanting me to be part of the team was special and meant something.”
It’s another step in Holmes’ career.
It was just a year ago that he entered spring training dealing with questions about whether he’d be able to be successful as a starter after breaking out as a reliever with the Yankees, where he’d met Pettitte.
Holmes ended up throwing 165 ²/₃ innings, only three fewer than team leader David Peterson.
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