The Mets have designated catcher Michael Pérez for assignment, according to their transactions log at MLB.com. The move opens a 40-man roster spot for righty Tylor Megill, who’d landed on the COVID-19 list earlier this week. Megill is on New York’s Wild Card roster.
New York acquired Pérez from the Pirates in mid-July. The lefty-hitting backstop had been designated for assignment by Pittsburgh, and New York brought him aboard for cash considerations. He spent most of his tenure as upper minors depth, appearing in just six major league games with the Mets. Over 17 contests at Triple-A Syracuse, the 30-year-old backstop hit .183/.231/.317.
Pérez has never been a great hitter. He’s appeared in each of the past five MLB seasons, suiting up with the Rays, Pirates and Mets. Over 591 plate appearances, he owns a .174/.244/.301 line with 15 homers and a 27.9% strikeout rate. That includes a rough .149/.214/.298 mark across 132 trips to the dish with Pittsburgh and New York this season.
The Mets will place Pérez on waivers in the next few days. He’s likely to go unclaimed and elect minor league free agency, as is his right as a player with three-plus years of major league service. He’s likely to be limited to minor league offers with invitations to big league Spring Training this offseason.
How did the Mets manage to get Alvarez on the roster? He wasn’t on September 1. Di the rule change?
No, you just don’t know the rules…
Any player who is on the 40-man roster or 60-day injured list as of 11:59 p.m. ET on Aug. 31 is eligible for the postseason.
You can also add anyone else that was in the org Aug 31, so long as they’re replacing someone on the IL or someone who would be on the IL (the Guardians used these loopholes to add Bo Naylor and Will Brennan, who were not on the 40 prior to September).
They just have to be within the organization before September. Its only for players who get traded or newly signed to the team past September
They ain’t need Perez.
I would have paid the Mets coin considerations for Pwrez. Need someone to clean the house for a handful of change.
Aaron Judge and Albert Pujols both set home run records this year, yet neither had a three home run game like Michael Perez did.
in fact 3 separate Pirates had 3 home run games
Perez
Suwinsky
Reynolds
All hit theirs in the same month, July, the first time in MLB history that’s happened
I really is amazing. I mean Perez getting 3 hits in a month normally is an accomplishment. Sometimes crazy stuff just happens.
I wonder what Max will blame losing this game on if the Mets don’t rally. Dead arm again?
The catcher maybe?
Mets needed Contreras. Wouldn’t be in the Wild Card round.
Comtreras missed so much time. Don’t think he would’ve made a difference. longterm sure, bur not this year.
Update. Scherzer did NOT disappoint. Always a excuse. This time it’s “lacking my good fastball”…
That’s not making an excuse though. That’s just describing how he was bad. He’s made excuses in the past but this ain’t one of those times.
Should dfa Scherzer. What a horrific performance that essentially erased all the goodwill he had during the season. Still, deGrom on the mound tomorrow. Mets can turn this around.
I didn’t really see the padres beating scherzer. Baseball is a weird sport.