There isn't a relaxation for the wheeling and dealing Mets.
After touchdown Carlos Correa within the early hours of Wednesday morning, the Mets continued to reshape their roster Wednesday evening by buying and selling veteran catcher James McCann to the Orioles for a participant to be named later, the groups introduced. The Mets can pay down 75 p.c of the $24 million and two years McCann has left on his contract, The Publish’s Jon Heyman reported.
The 32-year-old McCann had two disappointing seasons with the Mets after signing a four-year, $40.6 million contract in December of 2020. Throughout 182 video games as a Met a quantity diminished by three injured checklist stints for again spasms, a damaged hamate and an indirect pressure — he hit simply .220 with a .610 OPS.
Dumping McCann was foreshadowed final week when the Mets signed catcher Omar Narvaez to a one-year, $8 million deal with a $7 million participant choice for 2024. That gave the Mets 4 catchers beneath contract, becoming a member of McCann, Tomas Nido and Francisco Alvarez.
Narvaez, a former All-Star, and the defensive-minded Nido at the moment are anticipated to share time behind the plate for the Mets, although the 21-year-old Alvarez, one of many prime prospects in all of baseball, may have one thing to say about that after making his MLB debut late final season.
Relying on how a lot of a push Alvarez makes in spring coaching, the Mets may additionally select to hold three catchers on their roster, with Alvarez probably getting at-bats at designated hitter.
McCann, in the meantime, is now set to function a backup to Orioles backstop Adley Rutschman, the 24-year-old rising star who positioned second in AL Rookie of the Yr voting final season.
For the Mets, it's simply the newest transfer in a wild offseason as they appear to enhance their roster after successful 101 video games with an early playoff exit final season. The vast majority of these offers have come through free company, with the membership handing out $806.16 million in whole offers for Correa, Justin Verlander, Brandon Nimmo, Edwin Diaz, Kodai Senga, Jose Quintana, Narvaez, Adam Ottavino and David Robertson. In addition they acquired reliever Brooks Raley in a commerce with the Rays.
Shortly after the Mets opened up a 40-man roster spot by buying and selling McCann, they crammed it by agreeing to a one-year, $1 million take care of infielder Danny Mendick, based on a number of reviews.
The 29-year-old was non-tendered by the White Sox final month after hitting .289 with a .786 OPS in 31 video games final season, which for him led to June when he tore his ACL.
Mendick, a Rochester native, has two minor league choices remaining and is beneath crew management via 2026.
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