The list keeps growing.
Luke Weaver became the latest ex-Yankee to be acquired by the Mets, continuing a trend that has ramped up over the past three offseasons under president of baseball operations David Stearns.
And while some of the most notable players in the Yankees-to-Mets pipeline — including Curtis Granderson, Robinson Cano and Dellin Betances — predated owner Steve Cohen’s 2020 arrival, there are plenty who switched from the Bronx to Queens more recently.
Here’s a look at the list:
ADAM OTTAVINO
Ottavino, a Brooklyn native, pitched for the Yankees from 2019-20 before he was traded to the Boston Red Sox for the final year of his contract.
After spending 2021 in Boston, the right-handed reliever signed with the Mets as a free agent and pitched for them from 2022-24.
Ottavino, 40, returned to the Yankees last season but appeared in only three games.
JOELY RODRIGUEZ
Rodriguez’s time with the Yankees was brief, as the lefty reliever appeared in 21 games after arriving in the 2021 midseason trade that sent Joey Gallo from Texas to the Bronx.
The Yankees then traded Rodriguez to their crosstown rival for Miguel Castro during the subsequent offseason, and he pitched to a 4.47 ERA over 55 appearances with the Mets in 2022.
CHASEN SHREVE
Another left-handed reliever, Shreve has pitched for eight teams during his 11-season career.
Both of his stints with the Mets (2020 and 2022) followed his four-year tenure with the Yankees from 2015-18.
TIM LOCASTRO
Locastro didn’t exit with much fanfare, but the speedy outfielder/pinch-runner was a useful bench player for the Yankees from 2021-22.
He signed a minor-league deal with the Mets before the 2023 season and made the Opening Day roster, but Locastro appeared in only 43 games that year due to injury.
GARY SANCHEZ
Sanchez exploded onto the scene as a Yankees rookie in 2016, and the power-hitting catcher delivered some massive seasons in pinstripes.
His declining batting average and defensive shortcomings ultimately brought Sanchez’s Yankee career to an end in 2021, and he was a journeyman by the time he signed a minor-league deal with the Mets in 2023.
Sanchez appeared in only three major-league games with the Mets.
LUKE VOIT
Voit, a Yankee from 2018-21, also signed a minor-league deal with the Mets in 2023 but never appeared in an MLB game for them.
CARLOS MENDOZA
OK, so the Mets didn’t sign Mendoza away from the Yankees as a player.
But Mendoza spent 15 years in the Yankees organization, including the final four as Aaron Boone’s bench coach, before the newly hired Stearns enlisted him to be the Mets’ manager before the 2024 season.
LUIS SEVERINO
Severino spent his first eight MLB seasons with the Yankees from 2015-23 and was an All-Star in 2017 and 2018.
But injuries largely derailed Severino’s final five years with the Yankees. After pitching to a 6.65 ERA in 2023, the right-handed starter signed a one-year prove-it deal with the Mets.
Severino thrived under the Mets’ care, going 11-7 with a 3.91 ERA over 31 starts in 2024. He parlayed that performance into a three-year, $67 million contract with the A’s last winter.
HARRISON BADER
Bader, who hails from Bronxville, N.Y., spent 2021-22 with the Yankees before being claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds late in the latter of those seasons.
After his brief stint in Cincy, the Gold Glove-winning centerfielder signed a one-year, $10.5 million contract with the Mets and appeared in 143 games with them in 2024.
LUIS TORRENS
In another rare interborough trade, the Mets acquired Torrens, then a Triple-A catcher, from the Yankees in May 2024 for cash considerations.
Torrens never appeared in a major-league game for the Yankees, but the backup catcher has been an important piece for the Mets and was a Gold Glove finalist this year.
JUAN SOTO
This, of course, is the big one.
In a franchise-altering coup, the Mets signed Soto away from the Yankees last winter for a record-setting 15-year, $765 million contract.
After an early-season adjustment period, Soto lived up to the billing in his first year with the Mets, setting career highs with 43 home runs and 38 stolen bases.
He finished third in NL MVP voting.
CLAY HOLMES
Holmes pitched exclusively as a reliever during his four years with the Yankees from 2021-24, including primarily as their closer in the final three of those seasons.
But Stearns saw potential in Holmes as a starter and signed the sinker-baller to a three-year, $39 million contract last winter to join their rotation.
Year one of that transition was largely a success, as Holmes went 12-8 with a 3.53 ERA over 33 appearances (31 starts) in 2025.
FRANKIE MONTAS
Following their success with Severino and other reclamation projects in 2024, the Mets tried to replicate that by signing Frankie Montas to a two-year, $34 million.
Injuries limited Montas to only nine appearances with the Yankees from 2022-23, but he bounced back to total 30 starts with the Reds and Milwaukee Brewers in 2024, albeit with a 4.84 ERA.
But Montas missed the start of 2025 with a high-grade lat strain, then struggled to a 6.28 ERA in nine appearances upon returning.
Elbow surgery then ended Montas’ 2025 season and put all of 2026 in doubt, too. The Mets released Montas last month with a year remaining on his deal.
DEVIN WILLIAMS
For the second offseason in a row, the Mets added a former Yankees closer. But unlike with Holmes, the Mets have no plans to convert Williams into a starter.
Instead, Williams is poised to handle ninth innings for the Mets after he signed a three-year, $51 million contract with deferrals.
He replaces Edwin Diaz, who has since joined the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Williams pitched to a 4.79 ERA with the Yankees last season, and he was twice removed from the closer role. But Williams has said he now feels more comfortable in New York, and his underlying metrics suggest he is a strong candidate for a bounce back.
LUKE WEAVER
And then Weaver became the third former Yankees closer to join the Mets.
Weaver, who handled the Yankees’ ninth-inning duties during their 2024 stretch run and for part of last year, agreed to a two-year, $22 million contract with the Mets on Wednesday.
The right-hander pitched to a 3.62 ERA last season and struggled late in the year. But overall, his Yankee tenure was a rousing success, as he made the switch from journeyman starter to high-leverage reliever.
Weaver will help set up Williams with the Mets, who have recreated the back end of the bullpen that the Yankees opened last season with.
