Mets Designate Kevin Herget For Assignment

The Mets announced that right-hander Kevin Herget has been designated for assignment.  This move opens up space on the 28-man and 40-man rosters for Dylan Ross, whose contract has now been officially selected from Triple-A.  (Ross’ promotion was reported yesterday.)

This is the third time Herget has been designated during a season that has seen the reliever go from the Mets to the Braves and then back to New York.  These transactions came on the heels of several other DFAs when Herget pitched with the Rays, Reds, and Brewers from 2022-24, and since Herget has been outrighted in the past, he can elect free agency if he clears waivers here and is outrighted off the Mets’ 40-man roster.  While a team could make a claim on Herget just to control his rights heading into the offseason, the likelier scenario is that the 34-year-old will clear waivers and then get released to give him a jump start on free agency.

Now a veteran of five different teams over his four MLB seasons, Herget has a 4.20 ERA over 55 1/3 career innings.  He received his most playing time (24 1/3 IP over 14 appearances) with Cincinnati in 2023, and the 2025 campaign has seen Herget post a 2.77 ERA over 13 combined innings with New York and Atlanta.

Herget didn’t make his big league debut until he was 31 years old, finally breaking through with the Rays in September 2022.  A 39th-round pick for the Cardinals in the 2013 draft, Herget spent most of his career in the St. Louis organization before his carousel of moves over the last five years, beginning with a stint in Cleveland’s farm system in 2021 and two stints in independent ball.  He has a career 3.97 ERA over 522 innings in Triple-A, with good control and a respectable strikeout rate to show for his work as a multi-inning reliever and swingman.