{"id":89793,"date":"2025-01-17T15:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=89793"},"modified":"2025-01-17T15:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:19:26","slug":"mets-add-veteran-depth-in-bullpen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/01\/17\/mets-add-veteran-depth-in-bullpen\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Add Veteran Depth In Bullpen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/04\/braves-veteran-relief-pitcher-minter\/\" target=\"_self\">free agent<\/a> veteran left-hander <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/minteaj01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A.J. Minter, <\/a>per SNY&#8217;s Andy Martino. The deal is worth 2-years, for $22 million. ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan reports the contract has an opt-out after the first year. With the expected departure of first baseman Pete Alonso, the Mets are now pivoting to adding more depth to the bullpen. After the team recently brought back Jesse Winker, they&#8217;ve reportedly added Minter to help in the bullpen. Minter brings a veteran presence to the Mets and valuable postseason experience. The 31-year-old has spent the last eight seasons with the Atlanta Braves, posting solid numbers in his tenure. As well as being a part of the \u201cNight Shift\u201d bullpen that helped Atlanta win its first World Series in 26 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Mets are signing AJ Minter, pending physical, league sources say<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Martino (@martinonyc) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/martinonyc\/status\/1880343548677222585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Mets are in agreement with AJ Minter, pending physical. Deal is for 2 years, $22M<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joelsherman1\/status\/1880344127507951752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Left-handed reliever A.J. Minter and the New York Mets are in agreement on a two-year, $22 million contract, pending physical, sources tell ESPN. The deal includes an opt-out after the first season. Mets keep adding talent. <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/martinonyc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@martinonyc<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JonHeyman<\/a> were on the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1880344968524624244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>New York Mets Sign A.J. Minter<\/h3>\n<p>After being drafted 75th overall by the Braves in 2015, Minter made his MLB debut August 23, 2017, against the Seattle Mariners. Minter was a part of a massive rebuild by Atlanta nearly a decade ago. Emerging as one of the Braves top relief pitching options for many seasons. In Atlanta, he posted a 24-29 record, pitching to an ERA of 3.28 in 348.2 innings pitched in his Braves tenure.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 season Minter had solid numbers out of the bullpen, pitching to a 2.62 ERA as well as 1.1 <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/glossary\/advanced-stats\/wins-above-replacement\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WAR<\/a>. Unfortunately for Minter, injuries plagued a good part of his season. Having to land on the injured list twice and ultimately had <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/12\/braves-recall-dylan-lee\/\" target=\"_self\">season ending hip surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets have signed free agent veteran left-hander A.J. Minter, per SNY&#8217;s Andy Martino. The deal is worth 2-years, for $22 million. ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan reports the contract has an opt-out after the first year. With the expected departure of first baseman Pete Alonso, the Mets are now pivoting to adding more depth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5183,"featured_media":94046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,35],"tags":[48,941,156,69,2262],"class_list":["post-89793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-news","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-latest-mlb-news","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94052,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89793\/revisions\/94052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}