The Mets have chosen the contract of right-hander Max Kranick and he’s on the membership’s roster for the Wild Card sequence that begins in the present day. Infielder Eddy Alvarez has been designated for task in a corresponding transfer.
Kranick, 27, was a waiver declare out of the Pirates group in January. He’d wrapped up a prolonged rehab course of from Tommy John surgical procedure with the Pirates late within the ’23 season and was considered as an optionable little bit of rotation depth for the Mets heading into the season. Kranick sustained a Grade 2 hamstring pressure early in spring coaching, nevertheless, which shut him down for the majority of camp and ensured that he’d open the season on the 15-day injured listing.
The Mets wound up designating Kranick for task in early Could, not lengthy after he’d been reinstated from that hamstring harm and optioned to the minors. He handed by means of waivers unclaimed and remained with the group after being outrighted to Triple-A Syracuse. Kranick spent the whole season in Triple-A, pitching to a 3.57 ERA in 63 innings throughout 41 appearances. Few would’ve pegged him as a candidate to make his workforce debut with the Mets through the postseason, however that chance might now current itself — significantly if the Mets race out to a considerable early lead or deficit. Kranick presumably is on the roster to offer bulk reduction in both situation.
Alvarez, 34, was acquired in a uncommon September commerce and rapidly chosen to the large league roster. New York despatched money again to the Pink Sox in that swap. Alvarez wasn’t on a significant league deal, thus leaving him eligible to be traded. Nonetheless, because of the truth that his acquisition got here after the postseason eligibility deadline, he was not a candidate to make New York’s playoff roster.
The well-traveled Alvarez went hitless in 11 plate appearances with the Mets through the common season. He was a depth pickup whereas the Mets battled some infield accidents, however their membership is essentially again as much as energy for the postseason. In elements of 4 huge league campaigns, Alvarez is a .170/.257/.244 hitter in 154 plate appearances. He’ll now be positioned on outright waivers or launched. If and when Alvarez clears waivers, he’ll be capable of turn out to be a minor league free agent.