At the trade deadline, the Mets were on the hunt, not for stars, but for complementary pieces to bolster and fortify some of their shakier areas. One such area was the bullpen, which had a strong closer
and a few good relievers, but also a lot of middle relievers being churned and to plug holes in the slowly sinking ship. And alongside trades for Gregory Soto (which largely worked) and Ryan Helsley (which largely didn’t), the Mets traded for Tyler Rogers.
Rogers is a submariner and was a career San Francisco Giant who the Mets got for a trio of Drew Gilbert, Blade Tidwell, and Jose Buttó. All of them had had their fair share of struggles but still had some potential, with Gilbert adding a bit of spark to the Giants’ failed playoff push. The Mets got a reliable late inning reliever in their eventually futile attempt to make the playoffs. And Tyler Rogers got a slightly bright spotlight to showcase his talents before reaching free agency for the first time in his career.
In his 2025, Rogers led major league pitchers in games played with 81 appearances. He pitched 77.1 innings with a 1.98 ERA and 0.944 WHIP, collecting 48 strikeouts and only seven walks. He had an exceptional 203 ERA+ and ended the year with 2.4 bWAR. In his time with the Mets, Rogers performed a little bit worse than his season numbers overall. He had a 2.30 ERA across 27.1 innings over 28 games. He had a 1.098 WHIP and struck out 10, just under a quarter of his season total. He accumulated 0.7 of his 2.4 bWAR with the Mets.
Rogers was one of the more reliable pieces the Mets acquired at the trade deadline. He was a sturdy presence in the back end of the Mets bullpen, especially when compared to Ryan Helsley. Despite playing below his season statistics, he only blew one save and accumulated only three losses in his time in Queens. He also only gave up eight runs in his time with the Mets, which is great compared to Helsley’s twenty runs in twenty innings (in addition to four blown saves). And it was even superior to Soto, who gave up 16 runs in 24 innings.
Rogers is now a free agent, so his time in New York may have been limited to just a few months in the middle of a full-blown collapse and failure to make the playoffs. He did the best he could within reason, despite the leaky ship that surrounded him. When the story is written about the Mets’ disappointing 2025 season, Rogers will be one of the few (mostly) innocent parties.
