December 22nd: The Mets announced Weaver’s signing. They opened a 40-man roster spot by trading McNeil to the Athletics earlier today.
December 17th: The Mets are working to finalize a two-year, $22MM deal with free agent reliever Luke Weaver, reports Joel Sherman of the New York Post. The two sides have an agreement in place, per Will Sammon of The Athletic. The deal is pending a physical. Weaver is repped by Excel Sports Management. The Mets have a full 40-man roster and will need a corresponding move to make this deal official.
The two-year, $22MM terms are the exact same ones as the just-agreed-upon deal between the division-rival Phillies and righty Brad Keller. Like Keller, Weaver is a starter-turned-reliever who’s found notable success pitching near the back of a big-market contender’s bullpen.
Weaver, 32, has spent the past two-plus seasons as a key late-inning arm over in the Bronx. A rocky finish to the 2025 season inflated his earned run average to 3.62 but since signing with the Yankees late in the 2023 campaign, Weaver touts a 3.22 ERA, 29.4% strikeout rate and 7.5% walk rate in 162 innings of relief. He saved a dozen games and picked up 43 holds along the way, blowing only four other opportunities in that time. It’s presumably just coincidence, but the Mets now employ Weaver, Devin Williams and Clay Holmes (who’s moved into the rotation) — the Yankees’ three highest-leverage arms for the bulk of the 2024-25 seasons.
A first-round pick by the Cardinals back in 2014, Weaver debuted in the St. Louis rotation in 2016 and showed some promise as a starter there in 2017-18. The Cards flipped him to the D-backs as part of the return for star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, and Weaver looked to be on the cusp of a full-fledged breakout in 2019. He started a dozen games and pitched to a 2.94 ERA with plus strikeout and walk rates before a forearm strain ended his season. Subsequent shoulder and elbow injuries doomed the rest of Weaver’s D-backs tenure; from 2020-23, he pitched to a 5.95 ERA while bouncing between five clubs.
The last of those five stops, however, was in the Bronx. He made enough of an impression in three late-season starts to sign a $2.5MM big league deal in the offseason — one that contained a 2025 club option. It proved to be a raucous bargain for the team and a career-saving deal for Weaver, who rebuilt himself into a coveted bullpen arm and now lands the largest payday of his 12-year professional career. Despite that strong run in the Bronx and some reported interest in a reunion, the Yanks were not in the bidding for Weaver, per Sherman.
Back in September, Weaver expressed some openness to returning to a starting role if a team gave him a chance, but that doesn’t seem to be at play here. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com writes that Weaver will slot into the bullpen. It’s unclear if that’s sourced reporting or deduction but there hasn’t been anything to suggest the Mets plan on giving Weaver a rotation gig. The price of Weaver’s deal is right around expectations. At the beginning of the offseason, MLBTR predicted him for an $18MM guarantee over two years, an estimate that he has marginally beaten.
New York had a middling bullpen in 2025. Their collective 3.93 ERA was 15th in the majors. It was even worse later in the year as the season slipped away from the club. Over August and September, the relief corps had a collective 4.18 ERA. At season’s end, Edwin Díaz, Tyler Rogers, Gregory Soto, Ryan Helsley and others hit free agency, further thinning out the group. Those four have already signed with other clubs.
The Mets have signed Williams and now Weaver to fortify the group. They will slot in among incumbent arms like A.J. Minter, Brooks Raley, Huascar Brazobán and others. Presumably, there are still more bullpen moves to come.
RosterResource, assuming an equal distribution of Weaver’s guarantee over two years, now projects the Mets for a $305MM payroll and a $307MM competitive balance tax figure. Since they have paid the tax in at least three straight years, they face compounding taxation rates. The top tier of the tax in 2026 is $304MM, so this deal pushes them over. That means they will pay a 110% tax on any further spending, though that’s nothing new for them.
There are still several items on the to-do list for the Mets this winter. Sammon wrote earlier this week that the club is still looking for a front-of-rotation starter and an offensive upgrade. That could come via free agency but there have also been plenty of trade rumors surrounding Jeff McNeil, Kodai Senga, David Peterson, Mark Vientos, Ronny Mauricio and Luisangel Acuña. For now, Weaver upgrades the bullpen at market price.
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Cross town? Faux pas 😛
Great move by Mets! Maybe Bellinger next?
I think this deal has much more value than Keller’s especially in their respective ball parks.
dewey- not really sure. Keller could start also. The Dream Weaver is a set up man, not much more than that. I wouldn’t start him. That said. The Mets probably will try, like they did with Clay Holmes. Lol.
I like Weaver, had a good season in ’25 but think both he and Keller are overpays.
Hauser was a little rich too but he pitched 125 innings last season and is being counted on for 140+ innings this season.
Holmes – 31 starts. 161 IP as a starter. 3.63 ERA as a starter. I would say that experiment was a success.
Weaver will be strictly a reliever.
“The Mets have signed Williams and now Weaver to fortify the group. They will slot in among incumbent arms like A.J. Minter, Brooks Raley, Huascar Brazobán and others. Presumably, there are still more bullpen moves to come.”
…..also, Adalbert Alzolay
Soto, Williams, Holmes, Weaver, Bellinger- just combine the teams. NY Yankets
For the most part, with Soto the big exception, the Mets pick up the players the Yankees move on from. That doesn’t mean they may not have value but that the Yankees got the value they wanted and moved on once they were more expensive.
The Yankees were known to have tried to resign on Soto, Holmes, and Weaver. I don’t know about Williams. In Soto and Holmes cases they offered as much or close to as much money. The players just wanted to play for the Mets instead of the Yankees.
Soto is the one player they made an offer for and he chose the Mets. Holmes the Yankees had some interest as a reliever, he wanted to start and the Yankees had no interest in that. Weaver and Williams sold rumors said the Yankees would be open to them coming back, but they never made an offer to either. Only Soto did they actually make an offer to out of the four.
Incorrect. The Yankees did not make offers on those players outside of Soto. It doesn’t mean they didn’t like them, but they prefer them at lower value. If Williams market, for example, collapsed into a one year, show-me deal, they would have no doubt shown strong interest. The CB agreement means teams can’t be too overt in saying they’re not interested, so agents will always float names. The Yankees acquire guys like Wandy Peralta, Clay Holmes and Luke Weaver and make them better, and when they’re free agents, they generally move on. You’ll see it unfold again this offseason. The Yankees got ahead of this at the trade deadline, adding in Bednar and Doval for the backend of the pen. They will not sign either long term, but they’ll be key members in ’26 and Doval in ’27. They will add another arm or two, probably not even a big name, and they’ll make them better. They’ll then let them go, and the Mets may even show an interest again then. It’s simply how the Yankees build bullpens.
The Yankees made Holmes and offer and he chose the Mets because they wanted him as a starter.
Cashman confirmed at the Winter Meetings that the Yankees made an offer to Weaver this year, but were apparently outbid by the Mets or Weaver told them he was uninterested in returning.
With Soto that is 3 that we know for sure the Yankees have made offers to but that chose the Mets.
I don’t know about Williams. If they did that would be 4 for 4, but I don’t think Williams entertained returning to the Yankees so they probably didn’t make an offer.
I think Mets fans get a little hurt thinking they’re picking up the Yankees rejects. That’s not really the case. They Yankees aren’t rejecting most of them, but they have a system on how they build pens. The players get used for a few years and then the Yankees replace them with the next Clay Holmes or Luke Weaver. For example, don’t sleep on the Rule 5 guy they just picked up, Cade Winquest. They haven’t made a Rule 5 pick since 2011. They think they can refine him to be a significant piece. I’d give him a 50-50 shot of sticking. Teams often have organizational skills. This is one where the Yankees excel.
Every report is the Yankees made no offer to Weaver. There are some reports that they may have considered mining an offer if he was still available, but they never did. Soto is legit the only one who the Yankees wanted and he chose the Mets. Holmes we can’t even really consider in the question. They wanted him as possibly a set up man. He wanted to be a starter and be paid like a starter. The Yankees were never involved in making him an offer to be a starter.
Cashman said at the Winter Meetings just a few days ago that they made an offer to Weaver. He also said last year that they made an offer to Holmes, but that Holmes chose the Mets because they would convert him to a starter and the Yankees wanted him in the pen. I tend to believe what the the GM says in interviews rather than someone on here says.
The only one that is in question is Williams.
Cashman did not say that lol. The New York Post today reports the Yankees never even made a bid for Weavwr. You can say it 50000 times it doesn’t make it true that the Yankees bid on Weaver lol. And yes they bid on Holmes, but they were never serious about Holmes because they knew he wanted to start.
Cashman never said that, but if you have a link to a video I’ll freely admit I’m incorrect. Don’t confuse media speculation with actual offers. The only player they seem interested in is Bellinger. Outside of Soto, who they understandably wanted back, they never made any serious bids on the relievers. Holmes was horrible in 2024. Williams and Weaver killed the Yankees in 2025. Change of scenery might help, but the Yankees are rebuilding their pen and you do that by kicking out what killed them last year.
I am scanning the thread. He does like to repeat himself.
@Skips
Al indication suggests that the Yanks never made an offer to Weaver and logic says it makes. Yanks have Bednar and Doval, both guys with 30+ save seasons in their resume. Right now they’re going to pay Bednar something north of $9+ and Doval north of$7. Is it wise to put an offer in on a guy who you’ll have to pay just as much, if not more, than the presumed closer and set up guys? Do you wany to allocate near $30 mil to 3 guys inthe pen?
The Yanks have always been better at building a bullpen than the Mets.
@carlos15
Metkees?
Mets love some cross-town pitching: Betances, Holmes, Severino, now Weaver. There have been others Im forgetting. If you can pitch in NY, you can succeed in NY.
Williams
Ottavono and Dave Robertson
Hope Mets get Jazz too.
dugmet: Al Leiter, though he didn’t come directly from the Yankees.
Yankees are awfully quiet so far.
Agree Boggs… I would assume a large move is being worked based on the little action. I highly doubt they are in on Valdez or Bregman, though I really don’t know, and they weren’t signing either of Alonso or Schwarber. It kinda narrows it down to the posted international guys or Tucker. Feels like Tucker to me. If it’s bellinger you would like to think they would’ve scooped up some of these bullpen pieces with the price difference between him and Tucker
Mets sure love their former Yankees.
Both teams like players from the other team. The one thing they don’t have to learn about a player from a team that plays in NY is whether they can handle the market or not. I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed it, or not, but some very good players have come to both the Yankees and Mets, and taken a year to fully acclimate to the market. It’s a common occurrence.
Is it though? Yankees have unreasonable expectations but mets are expected to LOLmets…
Spoken like a troll who has not followed New York baseball.
Spoken like a troll who has no knowledge of New York baseball.
Lmao.. but I’m the guy who subscribes. Just leave now. I’ve been following NY baseball for over 50 years kid. Go away. You’re bothering me.
Isn’t it LOLjets?
There’s only one phrase that pays and that is LOLmets.
Acclimating to the NYY market is just being able to handle being boo’d mercilessly by obnoxious fans when you have a 3 game slump
If only that were true.
Eagles fans say hi
Cohen is mogging Steinbrenner at this point.
remind me who’s the little brother here again?
Remind me how far the Mets went last postseason with all the former Yankees? Oh, wait
Remind me of how many years the Yankees and Mets have been in existence? MLB didn’t start last year. Context, my friend.
The marlins have been around since the 90s, and they have as many World Series as the mets.So
Now do the Padres
Yeah, what about them?The yankees smoked them in 1998.
@jdt
How many chips in the last 40 years? 5 to 1.
And that matters why?
By signing guys the Yankees haven’t made offers to? The Yankees didn’t make an offer to Weaver if Williams. Rumors were if the price was low maybe they’d consider it, but they weren’t likely going that offer anything to guys that were a big part of the reason the Yankees season ended the way it did.
Cashman said at the Winter Meetings that the Yankees did make an offer to Weaver.
not sure if you’re just trolling – but just Google “did the Yankees make an offer to Luke Weaver?”
Managers Stengel Berra Randolph Showalter Mendoza. Am I forgetting anyone? And SO many players. Pathetic.
What’s pathetic about it? When you know a person can handle the NY market, that is a plus. Why do you think the Yankees went after guys like Strawberry, and Gooden? They were at the end of their careers, but one thing the Yankees knew was that both those guys could handle the intensity, and amount of media that comes when you play in NY. It’s why a lot of players don’t want to come here, because they don’t want to deal with all that stuff.
You’re right on mark Jdt. But you can’t expect fans from Kansas City and Iowa to be able to understand.
Except one of the guys the Mets signed was Wiliams. Who clearly looked like he could not handle the pressure of NY.
Williams handled the pressure fine. All his stats other than ERA were among the best in baseball. What he couldn’t compensate for was the exceptionally bad Yankees defense in his appearances. His FIP is all the evidence you need of their bad defense.
“Other than ERA” lol
Sabermetric guy speak for “I mean, he got hammered , but he still struck out alot of guys! He’s elite!”
alproof: You are pathetic. Good on you for admitting it.
Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, David Cone, Carlos Beltran, Sandy Alomar Sr., JD Davis, Ike Davis, Jay Bruce, Lance Johnson, Dave Kingman, Tony Fernandez, Lee Mazzilli, John Olerud, Amed Rosario, Todd Zeile, Claudell Washington, Frank Tanana, Jeff Reardon, Neil Walker, Jose Vizcaíno, Jesse Orosco, Robin Ventura, Ron Swoboda. Who likes to take which teams players again? What’s pathetic is people like you thinking anyone outside of your fan base cares about your team at all. You can literally do this with any team and list dozens of players that have played for another specific team. 170 players have been on both the Mets and Yankees. The only difference here is that the Yankees fans get butt hurt now when their big brother snipes one of their players while their GM is napping again.
Then why the hell are you in a chat about what my team is doing? Why did you bother with this article?
Your chat?
Elliot Maddox, Bob Friend., Tom Seaver as an announcer.
I think the value of not having to move your family is underestimated in this discussion. I don’t care how much money you make, moving is a PITA. Kids have friends, neighbors are friendly and don’t publicize your sports celebrity. Plus packing every *ing thing you own. Losing a few percent on realtor commissions.
The same can be said for both teams
Only had to move a couple of miles.
From a cathedral of baseball to the cathedral of LOLmets.
Cathedral of baseball?
The current Yankee Stadium is a dump.
A dump? That’s a bit silly
A dump?..obviously you can’t be taken seriously.
Wow… Yanks weren’t willing to beat that or are the Mets playing Captain Save-A-Reliever and converting him back to a SP?
That’s reliever money.
It’s basically the same money Holmes got last off-season. (3yrs, $12.7 AAV).
White Sox bullpen comes in at a total of about 15M this season and we have some good arms.
I like our bullpen quite a bit. Watch some tape on Alberto, the kid we picked in the rule 5 draft, top flight heater, wicked movement.
Baseball is flush with cash !
That’s a great question. He could be the future Holmes.
Mets already have like 8-9 starting pitchers on the 40 man who figure to compete for rotation spots (Senga, Manaea, Peterson, Holmes, McLean, Sproat, Tong, Christian Scott, Cooper Criswell). Weaver will be a reliever. Hopefully replacing Stanek, which is a solid upgrade.
Agreed. Stanek became an arsonist.
Not more of an arsonist than Weaver was for the last half of last season and the post season.
The Yankees can beat $22M but I guess they didn’t want him back. And no I don’t think the Mets want him to start. Otherwise, the deal would’ve included IP escalating incentives.
I’m not so sure this was a loss for the Yankees. While I really liked King, he had an injury problem that never seemed to be resolved last year. It wouldn’t surprise me to see him on the IL again this season. They said he “slept wrong” on his arm, which somehow caused nerve issues that affected him all season. That’s a big red flag, imho.
Yep – don’t sleep wrong.
Oh look, Stearns signed another ex Yankee…
Headline rivalry in N.Y.
Tabloids are so 20th century.
Brad Keller signed for the same. I like Keller more.
You’re a Keller feller
Guy throws harder and had a lower ERA. Then again, Weaver’s ERA should drop simply from playing more in Citifield.
Check out Weaver’s splits. He is much better at Yankee Stadium.
Guess you can call me a Weaver Believer then cuz I like this deal a little more. Keller was nails for the Cubs but Weaver has a little longer track record of bullpen success.
Why
Younger. Throws harder. Looked better last year. Lower era.
Weaver has a little more sustained success but Keller has a higher ceiling. I personally like Keller a little more, too, but if Weaver means I never have to see Stanek in orange and blue again, I will take it.
Stanek shouldn’t get anything more than a minor league deal
Yeah. Either way an upgrade.
Yeah, and if Keller means you never have to see Jordan Romano in a Phillies uniform again, that is worth it. Solid deals for the Mets and Phils here.
The Queens Yankees.
Will Bellinger be next?
I’m good with Weaver heading to Queens but not Bellinger.
Solid by Stearns
10cent
He’s no “number two”.
🤦🏾♂️
Well dang. Another Mets poaching of a Yankee.
McYankees is their new name
LOL I’m convinced part of the Cohen/Stearns plan is pettily to just grab NYY free agents, to “stick it” to us.
Personally I don’t care about the Mets in a way that it ever affects me in the desired way. Losing players to them is no worse than any other team.
That said, sad to see him go tbh. I liked Luke, but like Williams he’s got a lot to prove next season. He had real lows this past season, but I was hoping for a reunion anyway.
LoL. Very predictable move. Still not an ace. Go get Skenes!!!
mlb-Forget about Skenes until the trading deadline my friend. How bout Fairbanks to the Yankees? Unless the Mutts wanna sign him to? You never know. Smh
Lol Cashman would never trade for Skenes because he wouldn’t give up the prospects required for it. No prospect should be untouchable in that scenario and with how unwilling Cashman has been to move any decently regarded prospect (before they flop) for a high end player the past ~10 years, Skenes won’t be in a NYY uniform until his last year of control or after he hits free agency.
Which is surprising since they’ve developed very few players over that time. Gil is one, I’m sure there are others but no one great. Volpe but he isn’t any good.
Huh? Judge? Also at least two other starters on 2026 team besides Volpe: Wells and Rice. And maybe Domínguez. And Cam Schlittler in the rotation and Schmidt on the IL. Also, there are a number of current major leaguers they’ve developed that were traded away. Agustín Ramírez. (for Jazz Chisolm) Kyle Higashioka (for Juan Soto), Carlos Narvaez (for top prospect Elmer Rodríguez)(that’s five catchers!); Tommy Kahnle . . .. I’m not trying to defend the indefensible, Brian Cashman has not done well enough with the assets he’s had. But the organization has developed major leaguers effectively, particularly since they’ve been consistently competitive and accordingly have not had high first round draft choices.
Wells – 0.1 WAR
Rice – 2.3 WAR. Stuck at DH?
Volpe – 1.6 WAR
Dominguez – 0.5 WAR
2.0 WAR is average.
Other than Judge, very few of the Yankees top prospects have turned into well above average players for the Yankees even though they were untouchable in trades.
Other teams have taken Yankees prospects and players and turned them into useful major league players.
Sal- I agree with you, 100%! Maybe Bellinger is next?
Could very will be.
Sure, Cohen lays awake at night crafting ways to annoy Steinbrenner. Who are you kidding?
Lay awake? Nah, but have you ever heard Cohen talk? I do not put it past him to be all annoying fanboy petty like that.
Sounds like you know Cohen very well.
You mean like you are being?
Cohen is busy and focused on his new Casino. He was involved with Soto and the Japanese players the last two years but he’s letting Stearns do his thing. I think if Cohen was involved this year Imai may already be a Met.
I’m sure you’re intimately acquainted with how Cohen spends his time and what his thoughts are. Until I read your post I assumed he and Stearns speak often, but now I know they don’t. Do you have any additional inside information?
I can promise you that Stearns and Cohen do not care about “sticking it to the Yankees.” It has much more to do with the fact that we know these guys can perform under the pressure of the NYC fan base and media, which is actually very valuable to know before signing a free agent to play in the NY market.
Promise? Nah you can’t do that because you aren’t them. And I said part of it. And partly for sure what you said as well, no doubt.
After losing Alonso, Nimmo, and Diaz, I think there are NY PR/media considerations. Luke (especially) and Devin are pretty good with the media.
Williams and Weaver
Versus
Bednar and Doval
Who is better? Yankees? Mets?
Answer: Blue Jays, Mariners, Atlanta, Philadelphia
Hopefully David Bednar’s arm doesn’t fall off handling all those late innings by himself!
What is there like one pretty good reliever left…Fairbanks?
About to be reliever trade season.
Fairbanks is very good. Dominguez is decent
Fairbanks sounds like another 2/22 type of guy. Maybe he does a little better and gets 12/13m.
Perhaps a team pays him closer money and he gets 14m.
Either way the main relief market is almost dried up.
Still a few teams out there that need back end relief help. I could make a case that all of the contenders accept a couple still could use some more back end relief help.
It’s funny I was thinking about it. Fairbanks is better than Weaver. I would say 4 years, $45-50 million for him.
Prob more like 2-3 year deal. Maybe with an Opt out.
Fairbanks is a dicey signing to be your closer.
Just one season of more than 45 MLB innings, and turning 32 years old.
For those that are asking, yes my other actual phone is broken. Hal only allows me to have a Mint Mobile flip phone and and accidentally sat on it in my Uber last night. I’m hoping other teams stop signing players I’ve been talking to while I’m waiting on my replacement phone.
You’re up to Mint Mobile now? I thought you were a Cricket Wireless man.
Excellent pickup by Stearns!
@99. Fairbanks would be amazing however sadly probably to much for Yankees cheap budget if they couldn’t match Weaver deal.
mlb- watch the Mutts sign Bellinger and Tucker now! Lol
Maybe it’ll be the first Stearns signing that isn’t a complete failure.
Soto?
Good signings by Stearns.
Soto
Holmes
Alonso
Canning
Only Montas has been a complete failure. The jury is still out on Manaea with 2 years to go.
Ya’ll are part of the problem if you think a near career 5 ERA 32yo reliever is a “great signing” at $22 million. Egregious overpay IMHO.
It’s a low risk 2 year contract at an average yearly rate for average relief pitching. Weaver has an ERA above 5 as a starter but below 4 as a reliever. OPS under .700 as a RP too. Let’s be honest though, if you’re only using ERA(career numbers too) when evaluating relief options, you’re part of the problem.
I believe you’ve misspelled ‘Yous’.
I thought it was ‘youse’. Or is that guys from Joisey?
According to the OED, yous, youse, and yiz are all acceptable spellings for the plural of ‘you’.
Yeah, let’s focus on what he did 4+ years ago and let that factor in to how we analyze this deal.
Last two seasons, 3.21 ERA, 0.969 WHIP, 10.6 K/9, 2.8 BB/9 in 148.2 innings. And it’s only a two year deal. That’s why it’s a good signing. Keller’s career stats look bad but he also has success recently. Got the same deal. Maybe you should take a look at MLB salaries and contracts.
I like the signing a lot. Back of the BP shaping up nicely.
Not as bad as what the Braves gave Kim. Look into Weavers career, taking his career ERA as the only information is lazy
3.21 ERA with 10.6K/9 as a reliever for the Yankees over the past 2 seasons. That is what he is being paid for, not his time as a starter before that.
Poor Yankees.
The Mets took two of their reliever
Now the Mets have 2 setup guys and no closer. Still, I like the signing.
And both have been linked to pitch-tipping issues in recent years.
That does worry me a bit. With Williams, Weaver, Raley, and Minter the Mets have some of the best RP’s in the game. Just not sure if any of them are a lock down Closer.
Feel good about innings 7 and 8 but that 9th Inning could be an adventure this year unless Williams gets his stuff completely back. Stearns Team will be working diligently in the Pitching Lab with Weaver and Williams.
@Bill: Williams will close, imo. I do wonder if Ryan Lambert or Dylan Ross eventually gets a chance. Eye-popping K numbers in the minors, unfortunately control issues for both.
Hard not to find good RP with control issues. lol. Part of the reason I wanted Rogers resigned. I’m big on Ross. Always had good stuff but had to battle back from injury. He’s a good story and deserves to be in the Mets Pen this year. So many Pitchers get exposed in the jump from AA to AAA. Yet Ross thrived. He’s ready.
Lambert needs to show his worth in AAA this year before he gets considered for the Mets Pen. He has the stuff and ability to do so.
Liam Hendriks would form a solid trio with Lambert and Ross.
Williams in save situations – 2.33 ERA, 13.9 K/9, 86 saves in 90 tries. He is a shutdown closer.
With the Yankees his problem was the defense behind him, not his pitching. His 2.68 FIP is all the evidence you need of that. If you want more look at his BABIP and the FRV and DRS of the Yankees defense while he was in the game. I don’t think anything stands out more in that regard than the Yankees turning just 2 DP out of 43 chances with him on the mound. In 12 of those DP chances the defense got 0 outs.
So Devin and Weaver will be the 8th and 9th inning guys I’d assume?
That Brian Hoch quote that had been mentioned by Joe was on the money. Weaver didn’t like some of the stuff Yankees pitching was pushing on him.
The Yankees culture is one of cheating. (Their owner was a convicted criminal.) They are currently obsessed with pitch tipping so the runner on second can signal the batter. Comical. It gets them to the playoffs every year but they don’t own big boy pants so they fail every year. Of course players want out. It’s funny for them to go to the Mets. Clearly they’re ok with New York, just had enough of the cheating culture of a failing organization. And so they hop on the subway.
Clown 🫵🏼
You bring up the crimes of a long dead owner and totally ignore the white collar crimes of insider trading that were committed by Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital.
I loved luke but I get not paying him 11 per, hope he kills it in queens
Well. I guess David Bednar is a future Met
Good get but Mets biggest needs are starting pitching, since forever, and now a power bat due to their bungling missteps.
A “power bat” need is overrated. Everyone in that lineup will hit over 20 HRs.. with 2 OF spots yet to be solidified.
Why a power bat? Soto, Lindor, Semien, Polanco, Vientos, Alvarez, McNeil.
It is their starting pitching that will leave Mets at home in postseason.
Yes, the best record in the league gets to play at home.
Clever joke. But it does not change the reality.
Mets are a joke
wow, back to the former Yankee well again!
Probably a overpay , I think they could have gotten him for 2 years for 16 million if they waited for January, I doubt anyone else would have gone that high
Why have a gm? Just sign former Yankees.
are they signing the right ones. What about starters?
Cohen buying the Yankees one player at a time, please let him take cashman and Boone next
The 2 best teams in the NL East going head to head with big bullpen additions today.
The Marlins didn’t make a move today
😂
Fred-3
You misspelled Philadelphia or Atlanta
Braves don’t get enough flack for finishing behind a team with a $70 M payroll last year
They do from me and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it happen again next season.
Baaaahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa!
Why you so obsessed with me
I wonder how much of a “discount” the Mets get signing players that won’t have to relocate to a new city?
I’m sure it matters to a degree, just not sure how much.
Well, their manager came from the Yankees organization so the players might as well too
Hopefully both Weaver and Williams have better years than last. Not crazy about either, but Stearns seems to be running out of options
Good for him. You can say he’s overpriced, but working your way back through effort is something to be congratulated on.
exactly… he was basically DFA’d a few years ago and now he’s making $10,000,000.00 a year… but he still doesn’t look that old
Luke. Who is his daddy?
Darth Long Ball
I would of prefered Fairbanks for that price. I don’t understand why the Mets couldn’t of traded for him if the Mets knew that the Rays would not opt into his 10 million salary
“Would have”. “Couldn’t have”. Make believe you graduated high school.
Not a bad move. I preferred Fairbanks but Weaver is solid. Williams, Raley, Minter, Weaver is a solid 4 to have. Hopefully they resign Drew Smith.
I wonder if they are looking into Bassitt. Okamoto. Try to pry Soderstrom from the As by taking Severino? Lots of interesting stories still to go.
Let’s hope so.
Rich Gossage is next…
Get off my lawn.
He’s lost his mojo anyway so…..
Yeah, more yankees
As much as I’d like Stearns to sign 27 year old Imai I think our SP comes through trade. He’ll first have to move some SP’s in a trade/s. He already has McLean, Senga, Peterson, Holmes, and Manaea. Tong, Sproat, and Scott sometime this year. Also Wenninger and Santucci should be in the AAA Rotation and could be late year Rotation additions.
Great depth in case of injury but can still afford to move 2 or 3 of them to get a solid #1/2 SP. The only untouchable is McLean. Although I think Tong should be untouchable as well.
Not sure how I feel about this. Kind of like the rest of the Mets off-season so far, don’t love it, don’t hate it. He was great two years ago but so so last year. I guess we will see.
I think he’ll likely be fine. Feels like a slight over pay at most, except in this market is probably fair.
His underlying numbers last year were great. I really like this signing.
I would love to see Imai, but even a Bassitt signing might be okay.
In fact, this might be unpopular, but I think they could get away with staying the course and signing another leverage pen arm.
Peterson, Senga (before Alonso’s throw took him out for the season), Manea have all pitched really well. Holmes was solid and now you add McLean with Scott, Tong, Sproat, plus in depth.
Honestly, Bellinger would be great, but Okamoto, Fairbanks…then move McNeil and Vientos for some outfielder surplus might be good.
Mets & Yankees crossing swords.
Once again a 2 Milllion dollar player Coen hands over 11 Million dollars a year to him The layers he should over pay he dont..Have fun playing 500 ball
Just yesterday I read Yanks and Weaver were interested in a reunion.
I guess he didn’t wanna play for peanuts and a team that understands it’s not 2010 spending levels anymore and accepted a real offer, Cashman seems to think he’s the smartest guy in the room, he’s not. His NYY are not even the top baseball destination in New York, it seems.
The Dodgers and Mets are showing the Yankees how to sign impact players, on creative deals that allows them to flex their financial might, field a competitive team yearly and still remain active year over year over year in a robust FA market.
Quite sad for the legacy franchise like the NYY, imo.
The only people who are sad are those who long for The Bronx Zoo. We don’t need another season where the highlight is Ed Whitson vs. Billy Martin.
Are the Yankees still active in the FA market? Haven’t heard a peep outta them after the horrid Grisham QO acceptance.
The Yankees had a horrendous pen in 2025, looks like they’re content rolling the DFA pick-up dice and hope for the best. I remember when they set the market for top/mid tier players available, not picking up the pieces other teams designate to make room for players that make the other team better. I hope to be proven wrong eventually, for the record, but what an awful offseason thus far.
Potentially trading Jazz was the last thing outta the Bronx, what?!? Are they aiming for a top 5 pick next season!?
Imo, no. Unless they go full tilted and spend $100MM theyre done after giving Grisham $22MM. Bellinger return may be the only other real move, outside of that its going to be RPs here and there.
Hal has been complaining about being over 300MM im payroll, so assumingely coming into the offseason Yanks had ~40MM in wiggle room and chewed through half of that by retaining Grisham instead of playing their top prospect on a rookie deal
Check out his record before he got good with the Yanks
Most fans and writers would have called him a AAAA failure
Not sure what point youre trying to make here. We are all aware Weaver made significant mechanics changes that have led to his recent success and that RPs are the most volatile players in baseball
My point is people are so quick to make statements when they are not involved in the situation
Just like people are quick to write off Volpe even though he played with a bad shoulder
Ok so people are quick to make statements? And?
Also, dont tell me youre buying the shoulder excuse when hes played 3 straight identical years
Take me to dinner sometime soon and I will explain all to you
Oh so you actually have no point youre just trying to blanket negate everyones criticisms with some generalized statement. Good to know
Say what ?
The Bronx is moving to Queens. Soto, Holmes, Williams and now Weaver. Who is next or is it just 2 per season?
Mets love those ex Yankees!
Hey just wanted to check in i think its obvious Steve Cohen is truly a die hard Yankees fan or Yankees live in the Mets heads rent free!!! Keep taking our scraps
That’s adorable that you think that. Bless you, child.
So the Mets plan is the Yankees plan from last year before the deadline.😬
Clearly 2 years is stearns plan for luxury tax reset because Rogers was the better reliever who the Mets should’ve signed
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The Mets making non sense deals. So weird and desperate.
Definitely odd, paying premiums to get guys who don’t move the needle—Polanco, Semien, Williams, Weaver? Mostly, you just hope they don’t implode.
I’d take all of them over the loser core that won nothing the last seven years.
They replaced that loser core that hasn’t won anything with new losers that haven’t won anything.
You have to play the games. It’s Christmas time moron.
Ooh, Luke Weaver… I believe he can make it through the ninth. 🎶
I dont know why more fans aren’t GM’s of MLB teams. The fans obviously know more than these executives. I mean the plan the fans have work on MLB the Show so they must work in real life, right?
The only loss that stings is Alonzo. Need to sign Eugenio Suarez
I wouldn’t want a HR machine pitching huge innings for me at over 10M/year.
Bellinger and Goldschmidt are the next Mets’ targets.
Islanders and Knicks…..it’s weird to say that they are the best/have the best futures in NY right now. Really weird.
Reliever wise, I like what the Mets are doing. Give me 3 to 4 above average relievers over any one, massively expensive, “super reliever”(Diaz) all 7 days of the week.