{"id":431766,"date":"2026-01-25T06:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431766\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T06:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:17:11","slug":"report-mets-sign-kimbrel-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431766\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mets sign Kimbrel to minor-league deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets have signed veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel to a minor-league deal that includes an invite to spring training, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/2015231881684365607?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jon Heyman of the New York Post<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>Kimbrel posted a 2.25 ERA last season in 12 innings across 14 appearances with the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros. He struck out 17 batters and allowed 10 hits plus seven walks. <\/p>\n<p>He also spent time in the Texas Rangers&#8217; system but did not make an MLB appearance with the club.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of Kimbrel is the latest signing in what has been a busy offseason stretch for the Mets. They acquired center fielder Luis Robert Jr. on Tuesday and two-time All-Star right-hander Freddy Peralta the following day. Former Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette also signed with the Mets last week.<\/p>\n<p>Kimbrel, 37, is a nine-time All Star and has racked up 440 saves over his career, fifth most in MLB history.<\/p>\n<p>If Kimbrel finds a spot on the big-league roster, he&#8217;ll join a retooled bullpen that includes newcomers Devin Williams and Luke Weaver. The Mets&#8217; bullpen took a big blow after losing closer Edwin D\u00edaz to the Los Angeles Dodgers in free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets have signed veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel to a minor-league deal that includes an invite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-431766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}