A potential depth starter for the Mets is now off the market.
Erick Fedde is returning stateside after signing a two-year, $15 million deal with the White Sox, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed on Tuesday.
The right-hander, whom the Mets were in the mix for, spent 2023 in the KBO, going 20-6 with a 2.00 ERA and 209 strikeouts against 35 walks in 180 1/3 innings (30 starts) last season for the NC Dinos.
His dominant performance earned him league MVP honors.
Before pitching in South Korea, Fedde, a 2014 first-round selection, spent six seasons with the Nationals, largely as a back-end of the rotation starter, going 21-33 with a 5.41 ERA over 541 1/3 big league innings.
The 30-year-old, who was once one of the Nationals’ top pitching prospects, went 6-13 with a 5.81ERA across 27 starts for Washington in 2022.
While being more known for getting guys out on the ground during his first stint in the majors, Fedde struck out a career-best 10.4 hitters per nine innings while in the KBO last year, holding a 0.954 WHIP.
Fedde told the Washington Post this summer that he…
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