{"id":228265,"date":"2026-04-12T05:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228265\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:04:13","slug":"mets-activate-craig-kimbrel-from-single-a-st-lucie-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228265\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Activate Craig Kimbrel from Single-A St. Lucie Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harianbasis.co\/en\/tag\/mets\" title=\"Mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mets<\/a> have officially selected the contract of veteran relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel from their Single-A affiliate in St. Lucie, as reported by Jon Heyman of the New York Post. This move, which occurred on April 11, 2026, marks Kimbrel&#8217;s return to the major leagues and bolsters the Mets&#8217; bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>Kimbrel, a client of SportsMeter, will now earn $2.5 million following his addition to the active roster. He had initially signed a minor league contract in January, which included several opt-out clauses that he chose to forgo, including one before Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not making the Opening Day roster, Kimbrel agreed to remain in the minors, where he pitched a single inning for St. Lucie. His stint in Single-A was brief, featuring two strikeouts across two shutout innings, as noted by CBS Sports.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/yiIoPBadnq.jpeg\" alt=\"Mets Host Diamondbacks in Series Decider with McLean Starting\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Mets currently have two open spots on their 40-man roster. However, a corresponding transaction will be necessary to accommodate Kimbrel on the 26-man active roster. The team faced significant injury challenges in 2025, with 46 different players pitching throughout the season, leading to frequent bullpen rotations.<\/p>\n<p>Among the current Mets pitchers with minor league options remaining are Huascar Brazoban and Tobias Myers. Myers recently pitched 36 pitches in a long relief appearance after starter Clay Holmes exited due to hamstring tightness. If Myers is not optioned down, Richard Lovelady could be a candidate for designation for assignment to create room for Kimbrel.<\/p>\n<p>At 37 years old, Kimbrel&#8217;s primary role is unlikely to be that of a closer, especially with Devin Williams already on the roster. However, he is expected to contribute as an effective middle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harianbasis.co\/en\/tag\/reliever\" title=\"Reliever\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reliever<\/a>, building on his 2.25 ERA across 12 innings for Houston and Atlanta last season.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/xbvP6Y0Mbf.jpeg\" alt=\"Mets Shut Out Giants 9-0 as Holmes Dominates, Offensive Surge Continues\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets have officially selected the contract of veteran relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel from their Single-A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[102728,102429,77015,102727,3817,12193,171,173,172],"class_list":["post-228265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-2026-mlb-season","tag-bullpen","tag-craig-kimbrel","tag-mets-roster","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228265","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=228265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}