{"id":6326,"date":"2025-07-19T16:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/6326\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T16:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:46:04","slug":"mets-sign-kevin-herget-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/6326\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Sign Kevin Herget – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mets have signed right-hander Kevin Herget<\/a> to a minor league contract, and announced that the reliever has been selected to the active roster.\u00a0 Left-hander Brandon Waddell<\/a> was optioned to Triple-A in the corresponding transaction.<\/p>\n

Herget is back in Queens after a stint on the Braves roster that lasted a little under two months.\u00a0 The Mets claimed Herget away from the Brewers during the offseason, but he was designated for assignment in mid-May and found himself changing teams again on the waiver wire when Atlanta made a claim.\u00a0 Herget was DFA\u2019ed again last weekend and elected free agency rather than accept an outright assignment to the Braves\u2019 Triple-A club (he had the right to choose free agency since Herget had previously been outrighted in his career).\u00a0 Amidst all these roster moves, Herget hasn\u2019t spent much time on a big league mound this season, as he has made a single appearance apiece for the Mets and Braves at the MLB level.<\/p>\n

The right-hander now has 26 appearances and 45 2\/3 innings on his career resume in the majors, with a 4.53 ERA to show for his work with the Rays, Reds, and Brewers in addition to New York and Atlanta.\u00a0 The 34-year-old Herget has carved out a long career in pro ball since being a 39th-round pick for the Cardinals in the 2013 draft.\u00a0 Most of his career has been spent in the St. Louis farm system, and Herget has a 4.00 ERA over 505 2\/3 career innings at the Triple-A level.\u00a0 This includes a 3.26 ERA, 21.6% strikeout rate, and eight percent walk rate over 30 1\/3 combined innings with the Mets\u2019 and Braves\u2019 Triple-A affiliates in 2025.<\/p>\n

It could be that Herget\u2019s latest stint in the Show might be another cameo, as his addition gives the Mets a fresh arm over the short term.\u00a0 Waddell pitched 3 2\/3 innings in yesterday\u2019s 8-4 loss to the Reds and wouldn\u2019t have been available for a few days anyway, so he can rest up and get some work in for Triple-A Syracuse.\u00a0 New York can\u2019t recall Waddell back to the 26-man roster for at least 10 days, barring an injury to an active player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mets have signed right-hander Kevin Herget to a minor league contract, and announced that the reliever has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,7638,8202,591,85],"class_list":["post-6326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brandon-waddell","tag-kevin-herget","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}