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Mets Designate Chris Devenski For Assignment

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The Mets announced this morning that they’ve designated right-hander Chris Devenski for assignment. Devenski’s spot on the active roster will go to left-hander Sean Manaea, who has been activated from the paternity list.

Devenski, 35 in November, signed a minor league deal with the Mets last offseason and has served in an up-and-down role for the club this year. He’s made 13 appearances for the Mets in total this season and was already DFA’d by New York once before in late July, though he signed a major league deal with the club just a few days later and has remained in the organization ever since. All together, he’s posted a 2.16 ERA with a 3.51 FIP in 16 2/3 innings of work while striking out 21.5% of his opponents against a 7.7% walk rate.

Those are perfectly solid numbers, and his 3.35 ERA and 20.8% strikeout rate across 35 appearances with Triple-A Syracuse this year is largely consistent with that. Despite the minimal playing time at the big league level, 2025 represents something of a return to form for Devenski. A 25th-rounder drafted by the White Sox all the way back in 2011, Devenski made his big league debut in Houston during the 2016 season and was a big part of the Astros bullpen in the early days of their dynasty. In 305 1/3 innings from 2016 to 2019, Devenski posted a 3.21 ERA with a 3.49 FIP and even picked up an All-Star appearance during the 2017 campaign.

Unfortunately, he’s been unable to find his footing since struggling in a small role with the Astros during the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign. Since the start of 2020, Devenski has bounced between six organizations at the big league level. Prior to joining the Mets this year, he had pitched to a 6.46 ERA with a 5.30 FIP in 82 appearances over the past half decade, including a 6.75 ERA in 26 2/3 innings of work for the Rays last year. If some club views Devenski’s strong performance in a minor role with the Mets this year as evidence he’s put his years of struggles since leaving Houston behind him, then it wouldn’t be a shock to see Devenski garner some interest on the free agent market this winter.

As for Manaea, the Mets recently moved him to the bullpen for the remainder of the season amid his struggles to find success in the rotation this year. That move has paid off so far, as the lefty threw five innings of one-run ball in long relief against the Padres last week. Now that Manaea is back from the paternity list, he’ll likely have another opportunity or two to pitch this week as the Mets fight to hold onto their spot in the playoffs amid strong pushes from Cincinnati and Arizona to get back into the conversation.

Mets Select Richard Lovelady, DFA Wander Suero

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The Mets announced this morning that they’ve designated right-hander Wander Suero for assignment. Left-hander Richard Lovelady was selected to replace Suero on the 40-man and active rosters and pitched in the club’s loss to the Nationals earlier today.

Suero, 33, departs the Mets’ roster just two days after being selected to the roster. It’s the second time this season New York has cut Suero from the roster without him making an appearance for the club. A veteran of seven MLB seasons, the right-hander made his big league debut with the Nationals during the 2018 season and enjoyed a solid three-year run as a middle reliever for the club where he pitched to a 4.10 ERA (108 ERA+) with intriguing peripherals. That included a 3.20 FIP and a 26.1% strikeout rate across his 142 2/3 innings of work from 2018 to 2020. Suero was also part of the organization for their World Series championship in 2019, and the righty not only made the postseason roster but also enjoyed three scoreless outings during the World Series against the Astros.

Things took a turn for the worse during the 2021 season, however, as Suero turned in a disastrous 6.33 ERA with a FIP of 5.80 in 45 appearances. He struck out 23.2% of his opponents while walking 7.9%, perfectly serviceable numbers for a middle reliever, but his home run rate spiked considerably as he allowed 11 long balls in just 42 2/3 innings of work. To make matters worse, his strand rate of 59.7% was among the worst in the majors and suggested some terrible luck in terms of sequencing, leaving him with even worse results than his already shaky peripherals suggest he had earned.

After leaving D.C. behind, Suero has become something of a journeyman. He pitched in the Angels organization on a minor league deal in 2022, but did not make it to the majors as he struggled in Triple-A’s hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. He posted better results at the level with the Dodgers and Astros over the next two years that earned him brief call-ups to the majors, but a 7.88 ERA in eight innings of work was all he had to show for those brief cameos in the big leagues. Suero entered 2025 as a member of the Braves and made five appearances for the club, but was designated for assignment after posting an 11.57 ERA and plucked off waivers by the Mets. He’s been riding the carousel between the majors and Triple-A Syracuse ever since, and now the Mets will once again attempt to pass him through waivers.

As for Lovelady, the lefty opened the year with the Blue Jays but made just two appearances for the club where he surrendered four runs in 1 2/3 innings of work before being designated for assignment. He cleared waivers and signed a minor league deal with the Twins, but after not getting called up to the big league roster he opted out of that deal to sign with the Mets on a major league deal. He’s been designated for assignment and selected back onto the roster several times throughout the year, and had allowed six runs in 8 2/3 innings across six appearances for New York entering today. Lovelady enjoyed one of his best outings as a Met against the Nationals today, as he struck out two while recording 1 1/3 scoreless frames. He’ll remain in the Mets bullpen for the time being and be a left-handed option alongside Brooks Raley and Gregory Soto.

Angels Place Robert Stephenson On 15-Day Injured List With Elbow Inflammation

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The Angels announced that right-hander Robert Stephenson was placed on the 15-day injured list today due to inflammation in his right elbow. With just over a week left in the regular season, that IL placement ends Stephenson’s 2025 season. Right-hander Sam Bachman was recalled from Triple-A to take Stephenson’s spot on the roster.

Stephenson, 32, signed a three-year pact with the Angels in free agency prior to the 2024 season. It has not gone especially well to this point. While Stephenson has a lifetime 2.70 ERA in an Angels uniform, that comes in a sample size of just ten innings after he missed the entire 2024 campaign and the first two months of 2025 while rehabbing elbow surgery. He made his debut with the Halos on May 28, but made it into just two games before a biceps injury shut him down once again.

That injury cost him nearly three months, but he returned to the mound in late August and finally managed to make regular high leverage appearances for the Angels over the past few weeks. He’ll finish the year with solid enough numbers across that small sample of just 12 outings: that aforementioned 2.70 ERA is paired with a 3.65 FIP, a 23.8% strikeout rate, and a walk rate of 7.1%. Those numbers certainly aren’t bad, but they aren’t the sort of dominant production that the Angels were surely hoping for when they guaranteed Stephenson $33MM two years ago. At that time, Stephenson was coming off an otherworldly run in Tampa where he had pitched to a 2.35 ERA in 38 1/3 innings while striking out an eye-popping 42.8% of his opponents.

While Stephenson’s elbow surgery last year unlocked a $2.5MM club option for the 2027 season that leaves this contract still potentially salvageable overall, Stephenson will need to stay healthy and pitch at least as well as he did this year for the next couple of seasons for the Angels to get a meaningful return on their investment. That might make today’s diagnosis of elbow inflammation sound scary, but Stephenson told Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register today that he’s “not as concerned” about this injury as he was about last year’s ailment that caused him to go under the knife. He added that he has yet to undergo imaging, and that he’ll know more then, but for the time-being he doesn’t think the issue is “too serious.”

Of course, there’s reason for concern any time an elbow injury comes up, particularly for a player with Stephenson’s injury history. The good news is that the right-hander will have a full offseason to recover, so even a moderate injury could still see him on the Angels’ Opening Day roster next year. How feasible that will end up being won’t be clear until the Halos get more testing done on the righty’s elbow, but in the meantime they’ll give Bachman a turn on the pitching staff over the season’s final few games. The righty has a 4.96 ERA in 19 appearances this year but a 3.52 FIP suggests he might have some better results than that in his future.

Twins Place Pablo Lopez On 15-Day Injured List

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The Twins placed right-hander Pablo Lopez on the 15-day injured list today due to a right forearm strain. Right-hander Mick Abel was recalled to replace Lopez on the active roster. With just over a week left in the 2025 campaign and Minnesota completely out of the playoff picture, the move to the injured list ends Lopez’s season.

Lopez, 29, finishes the year having been limited to just 14 starts by injuries. After a short stint on the shelf due to a hamstring strain in April, Lopez went on to miss three months over the summer due to a shoulder strain before this forearm strain brought his season to a close. When healthy enough to take the field, Lopez was effective as ever with a 2.74 ERA and 3.20 FIP across his 75 2/3 innings of work. His strikeout rate of 23.4% was a little bit lower than recent years but still only a tick below his career norms, and a 6.4% walk rate is a near perfect match for his career 6.3% rate.

That Lopez has looked more or less the same in terms of production despite all of those injuries should be reassuring for the Twins as they enter an uncertain offseason following a massive sell-off that seemingly plunged them into what could be a protracted rebuild. With two years and $43.5MM left on Lopez’s contract, he would surely be an attractive trade chip to market over the offseason if the Twins want to further focus on loading up with young talent for the future. If he had pitched poorly when on the mound this year, getting much value for Lopez might not on the table for this winter, and they’d have to either sell low on him or hold him into the 2026 season.

Of course, it’s still entirely possible they hold onto Lopez for the time being. It’s not impossible to imagine some teams balking at paying a premium for Lopez’s services with so many injury woes on his resume this season, and today’s news of a forearm strain won’t help those concerns. If teams are wary of Lopez’s health, perhaps Minnesota will decide to hold onto him and hope for better health in 2026. With that being said, the strain appears to be rather mild. Dan Hayes of The Athletic relays that there is “no concern” regarding Lopez’s elbow or UCL, and that the strain is mild enough that he would’ve likely avoided the IL entirely had the Twins still been in the race for the postseason. That description of the injury sounds minor enough that it likely shouldn’t change a team’s evaluation of Lopez significantly, which is good news for the Twins if they hope to make the right-hander available this offseason.

Of course, if the Twins decide to pivot away from what looks like it could be the start of a rebuild and instead try to augment the club with an eye towards contention in 2026, Lopez will be a key piece of that team alongside other core pieces like Byron Buxton and Joe Ryan. While that trio is some of the only certainty that Twins have at this point, they have very little money on the books after dumping Carlos Correa’s contract to Houston and could have some considerable upside if young players like Luke Keaschall and Brooks Lee manage to step into larger roles next year.

Blue Jays Place Chris Bassitt On 15-Day Injured List

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The Blue Jays are placing veteran right-hander Chris Bassitt on the 15-day injured list due to low back inflammation, per a team announcement. The move is retroactive to September 19. Left-hander Mason Fluharty was recalled to the roster to take Bassitt’s place. The right-hander will be eligible to be activated from the shelf on October 3, meaning that a minimum stint would allow him to pitch Game 1 of the ALDS. Toronto is on the verge of clinching a spot in the postseason and is an overwhelming favorite to secure a bye through the Wild Card series, though he would be unavailable for that series on the off chance the Blue Jays fail to secure one of the top two seeds in the American League this year.

Bassitt, 36, has turned in a solid season in 2025 that’s generally consistent with his years of work as a solid mid-to-back of the rotation starter. While the right-hander made his big league debut in 2014 and made occasional appearances with the White Sox and A’s over the first few years of his career, it wasn’t until his age-30 season in 2019 when he broke out as a regular starter with the Athletics. In seven years since then, Bassitt has pitched to a 3.60 ERA (116 ERA+) with a 3.94 FIP across 1087 1/3 innings of work with the A’s, Mets, and Blue Jays. In that time, he’s made an All-Star appearance and finished in the top 10 of Cy Young award voting on three separate occasions.

As he’s entered his mid thirties, Bassitt’s effectiveness has dwindled somewhat. After posting an ERA+ of 130 from 2018-2021, that figure has dropped to a less impressive 110 since his age-33 season back in 2022. He’s made up for that dip in production by offering impressive durability, however. In each of the past four seasons, Bassitt has made at least 30 starts and thrown at least 170 innings. His 723 innings of work over the past four years trails only Logan Webb, Framber Valdez, and teammate Kevin Gausman in all of baseball.

With such an impeccable track record of durability in recent years, it goes without saying that Bassitt heading to the shelf is somewhat unusual. Fortunately, this particularly IL stint should have little negative impact on the Jays so long as he manages to return healthy and effective after a minimum stay on the shelf. As previously mentioned, the Blue Jays are all but guaranteed not only a playoff spot, but a bye through the Wild Card round of the playoffs at this point in the calendar.

Even in the unlikely scenario where they are forced to play in the Wild Card series, Gausman would surely take the ball for Game 1 with Shane Bieber as the heavy favorite to start Game 2. While it’s possible Bassitt’s number would’ve come up in a hypothetical Game 3, the Jays will still be able to turn to any of Jose Berrios, Trey Yesavage, Max Scherzer, and Eric Lauer for that game as needed, particularly given the fact that they can rest assured that Bassitt will be in line to take the ball for Game 1 of the ALDS barring any setbacks that force him to stay on the shelf beyond the minimum stint.

Berrios was moved to the bullpen earlier this week, and Lauer has been pitching in relief of late as well. Scherzer has been effective in most of his starts for the Jays, but a seven-run blow-up outing where he recorded just two outs his last time out raises some concerns. Yesavage is unproven with just one big league appearance under his belt, but has pedigree has a top prospect and looked dominant in his MLB debut earlier this week. None of those options seem as reliable as Bassitt, and if his stay on the shelf extends beyond a minimum stay that would be a real blow to the Jays’ depth ahead of the playoffs. Manager John Schneider told reporters (including Shi Davidi of Sportsnet) today that they’re waiting on further testing to determine an exact course of action with Bassit, but that it will “hopefully” be a “fairly quick” turnaround for the righty.

In the meantime, Bassitt will be replaced on the active roster by Fluharty. The rookie left-hander has made 51 appearances with the Blue Jays this year and has pitched to a 4.94 ERA with a 4.35 FIP across 47 1/3 innings of work. Fluharty is unlikely to get many high leverage opportunities given his shaky numbers, but once the Blue Jays officially clinch his presence on the roster could provide Toronto with another fresh arm so they can lean less heavily on their top relievers ahead of the postseason.

Brewers Designate Joel Payamps, Select Bruce Zimmermann

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The Brewers announced that right-hander Joel Payamps has been designated for assignment.  Left-hander Bruce Zimmermann’s contract was selected from Triple-A in the corresponding move, and he’ll replace Payamps on both the 28-man and 40-man rosters.

This is the second time Payamps has been DFA’ed this season, and his first designation resulted in Milwaukee outrighting the reliever off the 40-man roster and down to Triple-A Nashville.  The Brewers selected Payamps’ contract back up to the big league roster at the start of September, and while he posted a 3.38 ERA over 5 1/3 innings after his return, it wasn’t enough to keep Payamps from being sent back to the waiver wire.

Payamps was one of the more underrated relief arms in baseball in 2023-24, recording a 2.78 ERA and 48 holds over 129 2/3 innings out of Milwaukee’s bullpen.  Payamps appeared in 137 games over those two seasons plus three more appearances in the playoffs, and it is possible this workload simply caught up to the righty in 2025.

Over 23 2/3 frames and 28 games this year, Payamps struggled to a 7.23 ERA, 20.4% strikeout rate, and 8.3% walk rate.  A 4.24 SIERA is a more flattering look at Payamps’ performance, as he received some bad luck on both the strand rate (58.7%) and batted-ball luck (.361 BABIP) fronts.

However, these caveats weren’t enough for the Brewers to keep him around, and Payamps’ status is complicated by his lack of minor league options.  The Brew Crew have therefore been forced to DFA the reliever rather than just send him to Triple-A, and because Payamps has been outrighted once, he can now elect to reject any future outright assignments in favor of free agency.

Should he clear waivers after this DFA period, Payamps could leave the Brewers organization altogether.  A parting of the ways this winter seems likely anyway, as Milwaukee will probably decline to tender Payamps a contract.  He is earning $2.995MM in 2025, and is eligible for arbitration for the third and final time this offseason.

Zimmermann signed a minor league deal with the Brewers back in December, then opted out of that contract in July only to sign a fresh new deal with the club a few days later.  After almost a full season in Nashville, Zimmermann now gets a chance to log his first big league innings since the 2023 season, when he was a member of the Orioles.  All four of Zimmermann’s MLB seasons came in a Baltimore uniform, as the southpaw posted a 5.57 ERA over 158 1/3 innings and 38 games (27 stars) for the O’s from 2020-23.

The left-hander spent the entirety of the 2024 season in the Orioles’ farm system before moving to the Crew, and Zimmermann has a 4.11 ERA and an impressive 5.2% walk rate across 138 innings in Nashville.  Zimmermann has worked as both a starter and as a long reliever this year, so the Brewers could use him to soak up some late-season innings to keep other pitchers fresh for the playoffs.

Orioles Claim Dom Hamel

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The Orioles announced that right-hander Dom Hamel was claimed off waivers from the Mets.  Hamel has been optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.  Baltimore already had a vacancy on its 40-man roster so no further transaction was required.

New York designated Hamel for assignment earlier this week, and the 26-year-old will change organizations for the first time in his pro career.  Hamel was a third-round pick for the Mets in the 2021 draft, and his time with the club culminated in his Major League debut this past Wednesday.  Despite three singles and a hit batter over a single inning of work, Hamel escaped from his first MLB game without allowing any runs.

The long ball has been Hamel’s biggest obstacle in his climb up the minor league ladder, as his homer rate spiked considerably once he made his Triple-A debut in 2024.  Over 192 1/3 innings at Triple-A Syracuse, Hamel allowed 35 home runs, which contributed heavily to his 6.27 ERA in the last two seasons.  On the plus side, he did post a solid strikeout rate at Triple-A, and he cut his walk rate from 13.2% in 2024 to 7.4% this season.

The 2025 campaign has also seen Hamel go from a full-fledged starter role to more usage as a relief pitcher, sometimes in a regular bullpen role and other times as an opener or as a multi-inning reliever.  At least the bottom-line numbers were somewhat better for Hamel as a reliever (4.61 ERA) than as a starter (6.18 ERA), though the role change didn’t exactly unlock a new level of success.

Baltimore’s claim gives the Orioles some time to evaluate Hamel both in the remainder of this season and into the winter.  While Hamel might well be a DFA candidate again depending on how the Orioles upgrade their 40-man roster during the offseason, he has all three of his minor league options remaining, so that flexibility could give him some extra appeal to Baltimore’s 2026 bullpen plans.

Guardians Place Nolan Jones On 10-Day IL, Promote Petey Halpin

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The Guardians announced that outfielder Nolan Jones has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to a right oblique strain.  Outfielder Petey Halpin was called up from Triple-A Columbus in the corresponding move, and no other transaction was required since Halpin was already on the 40-man roster.

Jones came off the bench as a late-game sub in the Guardians’ 6-2 win over the Twins yesterday, but was replaced by a pinch-hitter when it was his turn at bat.  The timing of the injury will at least end Jones’ regular season, and will probably sideline him for any October action if Cleveland can make the playoffs.

It already didn’t seem too likely that Jones would make a postseason roster anyway, given how he has struggled in his return to Cleveland.  Re-acquired from the Rockies in a trade just prior to Opening Day, Jones has hit just .211/.296/.304 over 403 plate appearances with the Guards this season.  Seemingly a breakout rookie with Colorado in 2023, Jones has fallen back to earth since a .218/.307/.311 slash line in an even 700 PA since the start of the 2024 campaign.

Despite these numbers, Jones was still getting semi-regular playing time in the Guardians’ lineup, mostly working in a timeshare capacity in center and right field.  Since Steven Kwan is the only cornerstone piece of Cleveland’s ever-shifting outfield, the Guards can juggle any number of players around to pick up at-bats over the season’s final nine games.  Losing Jones does remove one less option for what will be a busy day for the roster, as the Guardians play a doubleheader against Minnesota.

As such, the door could be open for Halpin to receive the first Major League playing time of his pro career.  A third-round pick for Cleveland in the 2020 draft, Halpin was added to the 40-man roster last November in advance of the Rule 5 Draft.  Halpin was promoted to Triple-A for the first time this year, and has hit .249/.321/.414 over 553 PA in Columbus, with 14 homers and 15 steals (in 18 attempts).

Baseball America ranks Halpin 24th on their list of the top 30 Guardians prospects, describing him as at least a “solid fourth outfielder” type due to his speed and excellent defense.  It remains to be seen whether he can hit enough to gain any kind of regular playing time in the bigs, as Halpin hasn’t shown much in the power department.  Known as a contact hitter, his strikeout rate ballooned to 28.2% in Columbus, so Halpin will need to be much more selective if he is to have any chance against Major League pitchers.

Dodgers Place Michael Kopech On 15-Day Injured List

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The Dodgers announced that right-hander Michael Kopech has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to inflammation in his right knee.  Righty Will Klein was called up from Triple-A in the corresponding move.

Klein’s locker in the clubhouse was noted by several L.A. beat writers earlier today, leading to speculation that Kopech was going to be sidelined since manager Dave Roberts said yesterday that Kopech was playing at less than 100 percent.  Kopech addressed his situation with MLB.com’s Sonja Chen and other reporters, noting that his command was being impacted by “a couple different things right now” and not just his knee soreness.

The reliever also noted that he has had difficulty performing given the stop-and-start nature of his injury-plagued season.  Kopech has tossed only 11 innings in 2025 due to a pair of stints on the 60-day injured list — one due to a shoulder impingement, and another due to a prior bout of knee inflammation.  While the righty has a 2.45 ERA over his 11 frames, Kopech is clearly not himself, issuing 13 walks against 12 strikeouts.

Given the timing of the IL placement, Kopech’s regular season is now officially over, and his availability for both a first-round playoff series (and the playoffs in general) now seems in question.  Roberts hopes that resting Kopech now will get him healthy for the postseason, and described Kopech as “pitchable” right now, but the Dodgers felt it was wiser to give the right-hander some time off now with a playoff berth already clinched.

Even if Kopech is fully healthy, it is anyone’s guess as to how he might pitch in October.  As much as the Dodgers might be tempted to go with another arm for their playoff roster, it was just a year ago that Kopech was one of the key figures in the team’s World Series run.  After Kopech was acquired from the White Sox at the trade deadline, he posted a 1.13 ERA over 24 regular-season innings for Los Angeles, and then posted a 3.00 across 10 playoff innings.

Phillies Activate Alec Bohm, Outright Brewer Hicklen

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The Phillies activated third baseman Alec Bohm off the 10-day injured list, and optioned infielder Rafael Lantigua to Triple-A in the corresponding move.  In another transaction, the club also outrighted outfielder Brewer Hicklen to Triple-A after Hicklen (who was designated for assignment earlier this week) cleared waivers.

Bohm returns after a minimal stint, as his retroactive IL placement date was September 8.  A left shoulder cyst was the cause of Bohm’s absence, as he had to have the cyst drained and treated in order to correct the discomfort in his non-throwing arm.  The issue wasn’t seen as serious, so taking 10 days to fix the problem now gives Bohm some time to get back to action and get ramped up in advance of the playoffs.

Over 464 plate appearances this season, Bohm has hit .272/.319/.384 with nine home runs, translating to a subpar 94 wRC+.  It has been a up-and-down season for the third baseman, with injuries have been the story of his second half.  Between a fractured rib and his shoulder cyst, Bohm has been limited to just 20 games since the All-Star break, and he has hit only .231/.282/.333 over 85 PA during those 20 games.

The Phillies have clinched the NL East and are likely going to receive a first-round bye, giving the club some extra time to get healthy.  Bohm is now back, though the Phils are still short-handed in the infield with Trea Turner and Edmundo Sosa on the IL.  These absences opened the door for Lantigua to receive his first call to the majors on Tuesday, but he’ll return to Lehigh Valley without an official MLB debut, as Lantigua didn’t receive any playing time during his cup of coffee in the Show.

Lantigua’s selection to the 40-man roster came at Hicklen’s absence, as Hicklen found himself DFA’ed for the third time this season.  All three of those designations came with different teams.  The Brewers DFA’ed Hicklen on Opening Day and then traded him to the Tigers a day later, and Philadelphia then swung a trade in late July after Detroit designated Hicklen again.

Though all of these travels, Hicklen has appeared in exactly one big league game in 2025 — he had two hits as the Tigers’ starting center fielder in an 11-1 win over the Rockies on May 8, as Detroit swept a double-header against Colorado.  These were the first two hits of Hicklen’s brief Major League career, which consists of 10 games with the Royals, Brewers, and Tigers from 2022-25.

Most of Hicklen’s playing time has come in Triple-A ball over these last four seasons, with a solid .240/.346/.464 career slash line in 1731 PA at the top minor league level.  His numbers have taken a dip this year, however, as Hicklen has topped out at a .730 OPS while playing with the Phillies’ and Tigers’ top affiliates.  Unless a late injury changes Philadelphia’s plans, Hicklen will likely finish 2025 in Lehigh Valley.  He hasn’t been previously outrighted in his career and he has much less than three years of MLB service time, so Hicklen wasn’t able to reject the outright assignment in favor of free agency.

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