The Mets have designated right-handed pitcher for a signment, according to an announcement from the club. In a Masahiro Tanaka Jersey corresponding move, the team selected right-hander from Triple-A Syracuse. Teheran and the club just agreed to a last week, but reports today that the contract was non-guaranteed and prorated with Teheran collecting $54K for his brief stint on the roster, though Healey also that Teherans prorated deal will continue to pay him while hes in DFA limbo. Teheran took the ball for the Mets last night against a tough Atlanta lineup and clearly struggled. It took him 68 pitches to get through 2 2/3 innings, allowing four earned runs via six hits and two walks, striking out three in the proce s. The Mets were put in a position to need an extra starting pitcher by some recent injuries. They knew long ago that had hip surgery and wouldnt be an option early in this season, but then was diagnosed with a moderate posterior capsule strain in his throwing shoulder in late February. That left a spot open for a depth arm like , or . Megill won that job but then suffered a right shoulder strain after just one start. Neither Lucchesi nor Butt could be recalled right away to replace Megill since they were optioned to start the season and an optional a signment comes with a 15-day minimum stay. An exception that rule is allowed for a double-header, which is why Butt was allowed to be the clubs 27th man and pitch on April 4, but he wasnt allowed to stay after due to the 15-day rule. Teheran filled that rotation job for one outing but it seems Butt will be coming up this weekend once hes eligible, per and . The Mets will now have a week to trade Teheran or try to pa s him through waivers. The latter scenario will largely be a moot point since Teheran is a veteran with well over five years of major league service time, meaning he can reject an outright a signment in favor of electing free agency. Teheran had a bit of a bounceback year in 2023, to sing 71 2/3 innings over 11 starts and three relief appearances with a 4.40 earned run average. He only struck out 17.4% of batters faced but limited walks to a 4.5% clip. Those results arent super exciting but still were a bit of a return to form for him. He didnt pitch in the majors at all in 2022 and was only allowed to take the ball once in 2021 after he posted an ERA of 10.05 for the Angels in the shortened 2020 season. Prior to that, he was a mainstay in the Atlanta rotation, making 222 starts from 2013 to 2019 with a 3.64 ERA, 21.1% strikeout rate and 8.1% walk rate. Last years performance with the Brewers wasnt quite at that level but was a turnaround after three challenging years. Given the enormous amount of pitching injuries around the league right now, its po sible that Teheran will garner interest from clubs in search of innings. Nez, 28 in June, has not yet appeared in a major league game but he does have one year of major league service time. Thats because the Giants selected him from the Mets in the 2020 Rule 5 draft but he required Tommy John surgery before the 2021 season started and he eventually spent all of that year on the injured list, with the Giants returning him to the Mets after that year. He split 2023 between Double-A and Triple-A with a 5.53 ERA in 57 innings, striking out 26.8% of batters faced but also walking 12.3%. He has thrown 3 1/3 scorele s innings at Triple-A so far this year, with five strikeouts and just one walk. Back in February, mentioned Nez as a pitcher who could debut for the Mets this year thanks to his high 90s heat, but also expre sed concerns about the lack of control. Diego Castillo Jersey
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