{"id":208860,"date":"2026-04-24T22:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208860\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:03:23","slug":"mets-demote-christian-scott-after-rough-season-debut-to-add-veteran-reliever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208860\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets demote Christian Scott after rough season debut to add veteran reliever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s left of the Mets bullpen got a fresh arm Friday, as veteran right-hander Carl Edwards Jr. was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>To make room for Edwards, Christian Scott was optioned to Syracuse <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/23\/sports\/bo-bichettes-heroics-snatch-a-second-straight-mets-win-over-twins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">after a horrific outing<\/a> in his return from Tommy John surgery on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39188827\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-york-mets-pitcher-christian-126269870.jpg\" alt=\"New York Mets pitcher Christian Scott walking off the field after being pulled from the game against the Minnesota Twins.\" class=\"wp-image-39188827\"  \/>Christian Scott had a rough season debut. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39188833\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-york-mets-starting-pitcher-123516270.jpg\" alt=\"New York Mets pitcher Carl Edwards Jr. delivering a pitch.\" class=\"wp-image-39188833\"  \/>Veteran Carl Edwards Jr. during spring training. Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Scott lasted just 1 1\/3 innings after walking five batters and hitting another.<\/p>\n<p>His early exit forced Tobias Myers and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/21\/sports\/christian-scott-getting-called-up-for-mets-start\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Peterson into action<\/a>, as the already depleted pen is relying on multiple starters \u2014 including Sean Manaea \u2014 to get by.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old Edwards last appeared in the majors in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s spent parts of 11 years in the big leagues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s left of the Mets bullpen got a fresh arm Friday, as veteran right-hander Carl Edwards Jr. was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[57743,20,9,11,320,10,319],"class_list":["post-208860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-christian-scott","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}