With Edwin Díaz departing for Los Angeles, the Mets still have substantial work to do on filling out their 2026 bullpen. Jon Heyman is reporting that the team is potentially interested in a reunion with Tyler Rogers, whom the Mets traded for mid-season from the San Francisco Giants.
Rogers, 34, is a seven-year MLB veteran who is known for his extreme submariner delivery, the lowest in the majors last year. While Rogers is not a serious strikeout pitcher, he gets a ton of soft contact, which leads
to very few line drivers, very few home runs, and lots of ground balls.
Rogers was effective in his time as a Met, appearing in 28 games and putting up a 2.30 ERA. However, the Mets frequently brought him in with runners on base and, because of his contact rate being higher than more strikeout dependent pitchers, that led to more runs scoring against him than if he were used starting innings. It is obviously not ideal for a reliever to only come into clean innings, but a big part of a bullpen’s success is proper usage, and the Mets did not always use Rogers as well as they could have.
Rogers is reportedly getting lots of attention on the market, so the Mets will have ample competition for his services.
