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By Brian Joura
This past November, the Mets signed Denyi Reyes, one of the plethora of guys they signed because of his option status. Reyes was released by the Orioles following the 2022 season, one where he advanced to Triple-A at age 25 but went 0-7 with a 7.17 ERA. Reyes began the year in the bullpen for the Mets, where he threw 6.1 scoreless innings.
And then the Mets sent him to the minors to stretch him out to be a starter.
Now, with Jose Quintana and Justin Verlander on the IL and none of the other starters for the Mets pitching particularly well, the Mets could have certainly used a SP. But were the odds that a guy who got bombed in Triple-A a year ago was going to magically turn things around? And it’s not like the Mets’ pen was so good that they could spare a guy who was getting the job done.
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