The Mets announced that 32-year-old right-handed reliever Reed Garrett underwent Tommy John surgery on Wednesday, and he’ll miss the entirety of the 2026 season as he recovers. The news comes as no surprise, as it was reported weeks ago that Tommy John was a possibility when Garrett hit the injured list after making his last appearance of the season on September 14.
Since joining the Metes as a waiver claim about halfway through the 2023 season, Garrett has thrown 129.2 innings at the major league
level with a 4.10 ERA and a 3.58 FIP. At times, he’s looked fantastic, having finished the first half of the 2025 season with a 2.87 ERA and a 3.64 ERA in the first half of the 2024 season.
Garrett is projected to earn $1.4 million in arbitration this offseason, and it’s plausible that the Mets could tender him a contract, keeping him on the 40-man roster while he counts against it all winter, to retain the team control they have on him through the end of the 2029 season.
