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Mets Claim Rico Garcia

By Darragh McDonald | July 21, 2025 at 12:30pm CDT

The Mets have claimed right-hander Rico Garcia off waivers from the Yankees, reports Ari Alexander of KPRC 2. The Yanks designated him for assignment last week. Garcia is out of options, so the Mets will need to open space for him on the active and 40-man rosters.

Garcia, 31, signed a minor league deal with the Mets in the offseason. He reported to Triple-A Syracuse and missed a bunch of bats but also missed the plate a lot. In 30 1/3 innings, he had a 27.4% strikeout rate and 14.8% walk rate. That led to a 4.45 earned run average in that time.

It wasn’t an overwhelming performance but the Mets’ bullpen has been hit hard by injuries this year. They currently have A.J. Minter, Danny Young, Drew Smith, Dedniel Núñez, Max Kranick and José Buttó on the shelf. The mounting injuries have prompted the club to frequently cycle arms on and off their roster.

Garcia was selected to the big league roster in early July as one of those arms. Due to his aforementioned out-of-options status, he was designated for assignment about a week later. The Yankees claimed him off waivers but he lasted just a few days before another DFA. The Mets have claimed him to once again bring a fresh arm into the relief mix. Around those transactions, Garcia has pitched 7 1/3 innings over three appearances, having allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five.

It’s likely that Garcia has a tenuous grip on a roster spot again. The trade deadline is next week and the Mets will surely be adding bullpen reinforcements between now and then. For now, they’ll grab Garcia and plug him into the mix.

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  1. angryyankeesfan1

    3 months ago

    He shouldn’t have shaved.

    Reply
    • WideWorldofSports

      3 months ago

      he didn’t have to

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      • angryyankeesfan1

        3 months ago

        And yet he did.

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  2. chandlerbing

    3 months ago

    this is the right move
    Who needs d Robertson
    When you can have rico garcia

    Reply
  3. Krlnd

    3 months ago

    I wonder if Stearns and Cashman keep doing these types of repeat transactions just to bother LFGMets (Metsin7) #BannedAgain&Again&AgainFireStearns.

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  4. LordD99

    3 months ago

    This is fun.

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    • imissjoebuzas

      3 months ago

      Atlanta has the Jesse Chavez Di-Si-Do.

      New York now has the Rico Garcia Electric Slide.

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      Reply
  5. Dorothy_Mantooth

    3 months ago

    So the Mets DFA Rico Garcia and the Yankees pick him up. Then the Yankees DFA Rico Garcia and the Mets pick him back up. Round and round we go….

    2
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    • Acoss1331

      3 months ago

      At least he didn’t have to move far, he gets to stay in the same city.

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      Reply
  6. DanzigInTheDark

    3 months ago

    RICO BACK!

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  7. geotheo

    3 months ago

    Not being a New Yorker I am curious. Is it better to drive from Yankee Stadium to Citi Field or is it more convenient to take the subway?

    Reply
    • grouchonyy

      3 months ago

      Subway has to go through manhattan

      Reply
    • NYG4246

      3 months ago

      Depends where you’re coming from. Long island, shea stadium is easier. Anywhere else, Yankee stadium

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    • RochesterMetsFan

      3 months ago

      Subway you get stabbed. Driving you have to the congestion fee and get stuck behind several hundred idiots on bikes

      Reply
  8. LFGMets (Metsin7) #BannedAgain&Again&AgainFireStearns

    3 months ago

    RICO GARbage time should not be on this team. Dollar Store David just can’t help himself. Dodgers will probably get 2 top 10 closers while we get Rico Garcia, Kevin Herbet, and Ty Adcock

    Reply
    • Steinbrenner2728

      3 months ago

      WrongAgain&Again&Again&Again&Again&Again&Again

      Reply
  9. 86mets

    3 months ago

    Well there’s our deadline BP acquisition along with Herget! Dumpster Diving David strikes again! 😂 Quantity over quality must be the new organizational philosophy. And it has worked out so splendidly! Names like Pop, Lovelady, Herget, Garcia, just to name a few, have really stoked the flames 🔥 of the dumpster fire Stearns has going on. Great work wonder boy!

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  10. Ok Yankees Fan

    3 months ago

    Rico’s Yankeeography now in post production.
    He and Hartlieb are Trashman’s signings of the summer in the Boogie Down Bronx!!!
    Well done!

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    • mlbnyyfan

      3 months ago

      Good riddance. I’m not sure why he was brought in by Red Light Special Cashman anyway

      Reply

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