If you enjoy playing Immaculate Grid, well, the Mets really are the team for you. The Mets have optioned right-handed pitcher Tobias Myers, who’s worked out of the bullpen and as an opener for them since joining the team alongside Freddy Peralta, to Triple-A Syracuse. And they’ve called up left-handed pitcher Cionel Pérez, yet another fringe major league arm, to take his place on the active roster.
To call up Pérez, the Mets had to clear a spot on the 40-man roster, and they’ve designated fellow left-handed
reliever Anderson Severino for assignment.
As has been the case with plenty of other relievers in the David Stearns era, you figure Pérez isn’t long for the major league roster. In 16.0 innings with the Nationals this year, he has a 6.19 ERA with an awful 15.1 percent walk rate and more walks than strikeouts. Having spent most of this season with the Washington organization, he’s put up a 2.57 ERA in six appearances with Syracuse since joining the Mets, but his 16.1 percent walk rate in that limited sample in the minors is even worse than what he had done in the big leagues.
Myers, meanwhile, has been highlighted as a significant addition in the aforementioned trade with the Brewers that was headlined by Peralta. But it’s been a relatively rough go of it for him in his first 20 appearances as a Met, as he has a 4.05 ERA and a 4.47 FIP, both of which are worse than his career norms.
Last but not least, Severino has a 1.31 ERA and a 3.31 FIP in 20.2 innings with Syracuse this season. His only major league experience came in 2022 with the White Sox, and before this season, the 31-year-old has spent the entirety of his professional career in the Yankees and White Sox organizations.
