The Mets have signed outfielder Adam Loewen to a Minor League deal. OH START PLANNING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE NOW I AM SO SMART AND FUNNY! I’M TOTALLY BUYING SEASON TIX CUZ THEY SIGNED ADAM LOEWEN GET IT GUYS LOL? MORE LIKE LOESEN!

Seriously though, this is a nice move.

Loewen came up through the Orioles’ system as a big-time pitching prospect before enduring elbow problems and related control issues and flaming out after 164 pretty bad Major League innings. He became a full-time position player in 2009, manning the outfield corners and first base.

That year, Loewen posted a .236/.340/.355 line in 391 plate appearances in High A ball. The next year, Loewen hit .246/.351/.412 in 537 PAs in Double-A. In 2011, he hit .306/.377/.508 in 585 PAs in Triple-A.

Notice anything?

The 2011 line happened in the Pacific Coast League in Las Vegas, which is about the best place in the world to hit. So that should be taken with about the Dead Sea’s worth of salt. But here’s a guy who had all of two professional plate appearances from 2003-2008 and managed to not embarrass himself in 2009, then improved in 2010 and 2011.

Hell, look at it this way:

So he’s not walking more, but Loewen has struck out less and hit for more power as he has advanced. Some of that has to do with the park and the PCL, for sure. But because he’s so new to being a full-time professional position player, Loewen’s a good upside play for the Mets on a Minor League deal. I don’t know anything about Loewen’s defense and the Mets already have a couple of good lefty-hitting corner guys in Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda. But hey, the more the merrier.