The Mets continue to beef up their bullpen.
Ryne Stanek is set to re-sign after re-emerging as a postseason weapon last fall.
It’s a one-year, $4.5 million contract with the potential for another $500,000 in incentives, according to MLB.com.
The Mets originally acquired Stanek, 33, in a pre-deadline trade with the Seattle Mariners last July.
The hard-throwing right-hander struggled to a 6.06 ERA over 17 appearances with the Mets in the regular season, but he returned to form in the playoffs, recording a 3.38 ERA and eight strikeouts over eight innings.
Stanek, who averaged 97.7 mph with his fastball last year, owns a 3.65 ERA over his eight-year MLB career, which also includes stints with the Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins and Houston Astros.
He continued to live up to his reputation as a strong performer in the postseason, where he has a 4-0 record and a 2.89 ERA in 28 career innings, mostly for the Astros. He won a World Series with Houston in 2022.
The agreement with Stanek comes less than a week after the Mets officially signed another high-leverage reliever in left-hander A.J. Minter, who won a World Series with the Atlanta Braves in 2021.
Minter, 31, owns a 3.28 ERA over eight MLB seasons, all with Atlanta.
Stanek and Minter are expected to be key members of the bridge to All-Star closer Edwin Diaz, who had a 3.52 ERA, 20 saves and 84 strikeouts in 53.2 innings last season, his first since undergoing patellar surgery on his right knee in March 2023.
Also returning to the Mets’ bullpen are Reed Garrett, who had a 3.77 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 57.1 innings during a breakout season in 2024, and fellow right-hander Dedniel Núñez, who finished with a 2.31 ERA as a rookie.
Núñez, who suffered a season-ending right flexor tendon strain in August, threw bullpen sessions and live batting practice in the Dominican Republic this offseason, according to manager Carlos Mendoza.
He’s set to begin ramping up again soon.
“Right now, all the reports, and talking to him as well, [are that] he’s in a good place,” Mendoza said Saturday at the Mets’ Amazin’ Day fan festival at Citi Field.
The Mets’ bullpen ERA of 4.03 ranked 17th in the majors last season.
