If you\u2019re spending your Black Friday without any leftovers, you did your Thanksgiving wrong. Something as simple as cold turkey slapped between a crescent roll tastes like nirvana. The New York Mets have some leftovers from the 2025 season who won\u2019t taste quite as glorious. One is a guy who is worth keeping around, but might not be worth thawing out if other opportunities come along.<\/p>\n
Justin Hagenman got himself a major league contract from the Mets last offseason despite never pitching an inning in the majors. He ended up in 9 games, including a start. A 4.56 ERA was the result with just under a strikeout per inning. For what was expected, Hagenman wasn\u2019t bad to have around as depth.<\/p>\n
When we look at the minor league results, they were shaky. A 5.58 ERA in 69.1 innings, regularly in a starting role, Hagenman struggled to put himself squarely in the team\u2019s plans for 2025.<\/p>\n
Justin Hagenman remains a project for the Mets, and a replaceable one if someone better comes along<\/p>\n
Because the Mets have a couple of injured players on their 40-man roster at the moment, they\u2019ll need to dance around this offseason until the 60-day IL becomes available to them in February with some of their fringe MLB deals. They do have worse candidates to cut<\/a>. Few are quite like Hagenman.<\/p>\n With the rise of several young players and return of others, the Mets have less of a reason to justify a 29-year-old whose best ability last year was throwing strikes. To his credit, Hagenman avoided the Mets\u2019 bug that led to a frustrating number of walks. In the majors and minors, this wasn\u2019t a problem. The downside to this, however, was an increase in hits allowed. Allowing 9.9 hits per 9, it also came with a high 1.7 HR\/9, too. This helps explain the ERA in Syracuse being as large as it was.<\/p>\n