Major League Baseball

Mets RP Jerry Blevins uses new MS paint Twitter avatar, catches heat from Brandon McCarthy

Published Mar. 31, 2015 3:10 p.m. ET

Brett Smiley

We have a very important news update from the world of Twitter, where relief pitcher Jerry Blevins, traded Monday from the Washington Nationals to the New York Mets, needed to update his Twitter avatar to reflect his uniform change.

So what to do? He asked fans for help. And Amazin' Avenue writer Steve Schreiber delivered ... something resembling Blevins that he conceived in MS Paint, a la Fernando Tatis. Take a look:

.@JerryBlevins_13 Do you like MSPaint? No need to thank me! pic.twitter.com/xqHVYGgJ3y
— PastADivingFlores (@_mistermet) March 30, 2015

It's pretty fantastic, yet another MLB pitcher with an MS Paint Twitter avatar, Blevins' former Athletics teammate and current Dodgers starter Brandon McCarthy, created his avatar by himself. With no outside assistance.

Can't wait to be a part of the @Mets. Calling Mets fans, need a new avatar. Any helpers?
— Jerry Blevins (@JerryBlevins_13) March 30, 2015

@JerryBlevins_13 @Mets no
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) March 30, 2015

@BMcCarthy32 @Mets classy Brandon
— Jerry Blevins (@JerryBlevins_13) March 30, 2015

@JerryBlevins_13 some of us just pull up our bootstraps and do it ourselves
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) March 30, 2015

@BMcCarthy32 I'm in the backseat of a car from Jupiter-viera. Plus, fan interaction, ever heard of it? I thought u were better at twitter
— Jerry Blevins (@JerryBlevins_13) March 30, 2015

@JerryBlevins_13 I'm fan interacting my nuts off over here. You're soliciting free labor you mooch
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) March 30, 2015

@BMcCarthy32 my avatar will be better than yours. Plus, you don't have enough edge for a blue glove. I know it, and you know it.
— Jerry Blevins (@JerryBlevins_13) March 30, 2015