Mets right-handed reliever Wander Suero has cleared waivers and been sent outright to Triple-A Syracuse, according to the transaction log at MLB.com. The club recently called him up to serve as bullpen depth, but he didn’t make it into a game before being designated for assignment on Saturday. He now has 48 hours to either accept the assignment or elect free agency.
The 34-year-old righty has only pitched 6 1/3 big-league innings in 2025, which came during a stint with the Braves. In those innings, Suero allowed eight earned runs and served up three home runs while striking out seven. He has pitched 199 2/3 innings in his career, the bulk of them coming in 2018-21 with the Nationals before moving to the Dodgers, Astros, Braves, and Mets. He has a 4.96 career ERA with a 25.2% strikeout rate, an 8.8% walk rate, and 1.17 homers allowed per nine innings.
Suero has fared much better at the Triple-A level this year, pitching 48 1/3 innings with a 1.29 ERA and only two home runs allowed. He has also struck out 32.5% of hitters while walking just 6.6%. Suero has been outrighted before, which means he has the right to reject the outright assignment in favor of free agency. As a player with more than three years of service time who is no longer on the 40-man roster, he can become a minor-league free agent at the end of the season (unless he’s added back to the 40-man roster at some point before then).
The picture has wander with a Braves uniform. Don’t give aa any claim ideas
I don’t think he has ever thrown a pitch for the Mets no matter how many times he’s been passed around.
$760,000 league minimum salary
187 days in a season.
$4064 pay per day.
These frequently DFA’d relievers only need to be on a MLB roster for 25 days to make a real good living and hang out with other dudes playing baseball. It’s not a bad life if you’re okay with traveling a lot.