


Add another Mets pitcher to the list of those ejected for sticky substances.
During Triple-A Syracuse’s game against the Yankees’ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre affiliate on Wednesday night, Jeff Brigham was tossed after a sticky-stuff check as he entered in the seventh inning.
As Sam Coonrod exited the game after blowing the lead, the righty Brigham entered and was checked by the three-man umpiring crew near the edge of the infield dirt.
The crew stopped him as they touched his hands while Brigham, 31, had a look of disbelief.
First base umpire and crew chief Lew Williams determined whatever the reliever had on him was enough to get him tossed.
The umpiring crew then escorted Brigham to the mound, where the Syracuse infield and pitching coach Kyle Driscoll also got a look at the pitcher’s hands and glove.
After all was said and done, Brigham was replaced by Hunter Parsons without throwing a pitch.
In what’s been a troubling trend for the Amazin’s, this is now the fourth such sticky-stuff ejection the Mets have between the majors and Triple-A this season.
In April, Max Scherzer was tossed during a road start against the Dodgers while reliever Drew Smith was also ejected for a June Subway Series game for the same reason.
Each came with a 10-game suspension.
At the Triple-A level, Dylan Bundy was also tossed from a May game after a sticky-stuff check.
Two months later, the Mets released the right-hander.
Brigham had a 5.16 ERA across 29 2/3 innings with a 1.04 WHIP for the big league club this year before he was optioned back to Syracuse on July 4.