{"id":99918,"date":"2025-05-06T00:49:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T04:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=99918"},"modified":"2025-05-06T00:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T04:49:52","slug":"how-mets-can-add-lefty-bullpen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/06\/how-mets-can-add-lefty-bullpen\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Mets Can Add a Lefty to the Bullpen"},"content":{"rendered":"

With A.J. Minter<\/a> and Danny Young<\/a> out for the season, the New York Mets’ lone left-handed reliever is Genesis Cabrera.<\/a> Needless to say, this is not ideal, especially in a division with as many elite left-handed hitters as the National League East. Despite there being well over two months until the trade deadline, there are still a number of lefty bullpen<\/a> options for the Mets to choose from.<\/p>\n

Internal Lefty Options for the Mets Bullpen<\/h2>\n

Anthony Gose<\/a> has more experience out of the bullpen than any other healthy internal option, outside of Cabrera, who is already with the big league club. In his 156 2\/3 minor league innings, he holds a 3.85 ERA. He has just 32 big league innings, 21 of which came in the 2022 season, and has a 4.78 ERA. While these numbers are far from ideal, he is still a reasonable option until the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

Brandon Waddell<\/a>, who recently made his Mets debut on April 30th, is also an option. Despite being a starter thus far for the Syracuse Mets, Waddell has bullpen experience as recently as 2022 with the Memphis Redbirds in Triple-A, where in 30 innings, he posted a 3.30 ERA.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, Waddell showed in his lone Mets appearance that he is capable of coming out of the bullpen, albeit being an opener game where he knew he was going to pitch. In addition, in his five starts for Syracuse this season, he has a 1.54 ERA. Given his years of starting with some bullpen experience mixed in, Waddell has the potential to contribute in a long-man role as well.<\/p>\n

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\ud83e\uddf51\/3 Incredible @mets<\/a> debut by former @UVABaseball<\/a> National Champion Brandon Waddell.<\/p>\n

4.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 Ks<\/p>\n

Per Gary Cohen & @SNY<\/a> broadcast, first Met ever to throw 4+ scoreless relief innings in Mets debutpic.twitter.com\/2e5bnuUKQ4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Scott Fitzgerald (@scottfitz11) May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n