{"id":213595,"date":"2026-03-31T21:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213595\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:19:07","slug":"tobias-myers-carving-out-pretty-important-role-in-mets-bullpen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213595\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobias Myers carving out ‘pretty important role’ in Mets’ bullpen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tobias Myers<\/a> wasn\u2019t the headliner in the Mets<\/a>\u2019 blockbuster trade with the Milwaukee Brewers, but he was hardly a throw-in.<\/p>\n

Included in the same offseason deal<\/a> that brought over ace Freddy Peralta, the right-handed Myers is already impressing as a versatile reliever.<\/p>\n

Myers hurled 1.1 scoreless innings in Monday night\u2019s 4-2 win in St. Louis<\/a> \u2014 a dominant outing in which he struck out the side in the seventh.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s huge,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cA guy [with] versatility. His ability to get lefties and righties out. That changeup is pretty good; changeup\/split. He can give you multiple innings. He\u2019s a guy that can give you an inning if we need [him] to. It\u2019s a pretty important role for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Myers entered with two outs in the sixth inning, replacing starter Clay Holmes after the Cardinals\u2019 Nolan Gorman hit a solo home run.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Myers then preserved the Mets\u2019 two-run lead by retiring all four batters he faced, needing only 14 pitches to do so.<\/p>\n

Myers finished off his seventh-inning strikeouts of Nathan Church and Pedro Pag\u00e9s using his splitter. He then pumped a 92.7 mph fastball past Victor Scott II to complete his outing.<\/p>\n

That lowered Myers\u2019 season ERA to 2.08. He also tossed three innings of one-run ball in relief in the Mets\u2019 11-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Opening Day.<\/p>\n

This is Myers\u2019 third MLB season but his first time on an Opening Day roster. He spent time in the minors with six organizations before making his MLB debut with Milwaukee in 2024.<\/p>\n

Myers was primarily a starter as a rookie with the Brewers, then operated in more of a swingman role last year.<\/p>\n

While he does not throw especially hard, Myers keeps hitters off balance with five pitches<\/a>, including that splitter. He entered Tuesday with a 3.12 ERA over 51 career appearances, including 31 starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you just put your head down and do what you\u2019ve done for the most part, and try not to let everything else around you get in your head, success can come,\u201d Myers told the Daily News<\/a> during spring training. \u201cAnd it can come quick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barring an extension, Peralta \u2014 who is set to make his second start with the Mets on Wednesday \u2014 will become a free agent after the season.<\/p>\n

But Myers came with three years of team control, helping to ease the sting of the Mets trading top prospects Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat to Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

And while Myers could start for the Mets in a pinch, he has already demonstrated his importance to a new-look bullpen that entered Tuesday with a 2.00 ERA through 18.0 innings.<\/p>\n

Myers was credited with a hold in each of his first two appearances, including on Monday when he was part of the bridge to new closer Devin Williams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve done a really good job,\u201d Mendoza said of the Mets\u2019 relievers. \u201cWhen you\u2019re looking at, out of the gate, we\u2019re playing two extra-inning games, we have to cover a lot of innings, and they\u2019ve kept us in the game so far.<\/p>\n

The manager added, \u201cWe\u2019ve asked a lot out of a few of them out of necessity, but again, just continue to keep in mind the big picture here, and continue to protect guys when we need to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tobias Myers wasn\u2019t the headliner in the Mets\u2019 blockbuster trade with the Milwaukee Brewers, but he was hardly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[76042,63659,42159,3817,171,173,172,81669],"class_list":{"0":"post-213595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-carlos-mendoza","9":"tag-freddy-peralta","10":"tag-mets","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-port-st-lucie","13":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","14":"tag-port-st-lucie-news","15":"tag-tobias-myers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}