The Mets are in settlement with first baseman Joey Meneses and reliever Hobie Harris on minor league offers. Jon Heyman of the New York Put up reported (X hyperlink) the Meneses deal, whereas MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo reported the Harris addition (on X). Meneses is a shopper of the MAS+ Company; Harris is represented by Gaeta Sports activities Administration.
Each gamers are former Nationals. The 32-year-old Meneses spent two and a half seasons in Washington. He had a monster exhibiting in a restricted pattern as a rookie in 2022, hitting .324/.367/.563 in 56 video games. The rebuilding Nats gave him two seasons to see if he may construct off that shocking debut, however he hasn’t maintained something close to that type. Meneses was a roughly league common hitter in ’23, delivering a .275/.321/.401 slash with 13 homers over 154 contests. His numbers declined sharply once more this yr, as he completed with a .231/.291/.302 mark and a trio of residence runs throughout 313 plate appearances.
The Nats waived Meneses at season’s finish. He elected minor league free company after going unclaimed. He’ll have to earn his manner again to the massive leagues. Meneses will battle for a job as a right-handed bench bat. Mark Vientos will lock down one nook infield spot. That might come at first base if the Mets permit Pete Alonso to stroll. Vientos may transfer again to the recent nook if the Mets re-sign Alonso. Jesse Winker additionally hit free company, so there might be a path to some at-bats at designated hitter relying on how the offseason performs out.
Harris, 31, has restricted massive league expertise. He pitched in 16 video games for the Nats in 2023, permitting 12 runs over 19 1/3 innings. Harris issued 13 walks and managed simply 9 strikeouts in that transient stint. The Pittsburgh product pitched in Triple-A with the Twins this previous season. He allowed practically seven earned runs per 9 by 54 1/3 innings. Harris has struggled within the higher minors in consecutive years. He can run his fastball into the 94-95 MPH vary and missed bats on a formidable 14.6% of his choices this yr, although. That was sufficient for the Mets to convey him aboard as minor league bullpen depth.
