Tromp was only on the MLB roster for a couple weeks. He drew one start and went 2-3 with an RBI. Tromp also played in 12 games for the Braves earlier in the season and has 80 big league appearances over parts of seven seasons. The Aruba native is a lifetime .225/.232/.375 hitter with six home runs in 208 trips to the dish.

This was Tromp’s second brief MLB stint with Baltimore. He has mostly bounced between the O’s and Braves as a third or fourth catcher over the last few years. Tromp has a .241/.315/.395 slash line in parts of nine Triple-A seasons. He and Sam Huff are both with Norfolk as non-roster depth behind the MLB duo of Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo.

Hammer gets his first big league call a couple months before his 29th birthday. He was a 13th-round draftee by the Orioles out of the University of Pittsburgh in 2019. Hammer spent last year in Double-A with the Rays as a minor league Rule 5 pick. The Mets signed him to a minor league contract last offseason.

The 6’2″ righty has split the season between the top two minor league levels. Hammer has combined for 33 1/3 innings of 2.16 ERA ball. He’s striking out an impressive 26.4% of batters faced but has walked almost 15% of his opponents. Hammer works mostly with a four-seam fastball in the 95-96 mph range and a 90 mph cutter, occasionally mixing in a slider and curveball. He has missed bats at an above-average rate with well below-average control throughout his minor league career.

New York is cycling through middle relievers in a patchwork pitching staff. They’ve given brief looks to Guillo Zuñiga, Matt Seelinger and Xzavion Curry within the past few days. Zuñiga and Seelinger were almost immediately designated for assignment. Curry tossed an inning of one-run ball to finish tonight’s 6-2 win over Kansas City.

Regan was a Michigan native who played a year of college ball at Western Michigan before signing with the Tigers. He debuted with his hometown club in 1960. Regan spent his first few seasons working out of the Detroit rotation. His career took off after the Tigers swapped him to the Dodgers for infielder Dick Tracewski. Regan moved to the bullpen with Los Angeles and had a career season in 1966.

The 6’3″ righty fired 116 2/3 innings of 1.62 ERA ball to earn a trip to the All-Star Game. Regan led the National League with 21 saves and placed seventh in MVP balloting. He also won 14 games out of the bullpen, leading teammate Sandy Koufax to jokingly anoint him with the excellent nickname, “The Vulture.” He added two scoreless appearances in the World Series, though the Dodgers would be swept by the Orioles.

Regan spent the next season and a half in L.A. He was traded to the Cubs amidst an excellent ’68 campaign in which he led MLB with 25 saves and 62 games finished while turning in a 2.27 ERA through 134 2/3 frames. Regan pitched in the big leagues through the 1972 season, wrapping his playing days with a brief stint for the White Sox. He finished with a 3.84 earned run average across 551 appearances, though that’s inflated by his early work as a starter. Regan had a 3.30 ERA with 92 saves and just shy of 400 strikeouts over 721 innings out of the bullpen.

The playing days were just a fraction of Regan’s decades-long run in baseball. He almost immediately moved into coaching, beginning at the college ranks back in his home state at Grand Valley State University. Regan got his first professional coaching job in the mid-1980s with the Mariners. He’d also work for the Dodgers and Cleveland before landing the Orioles managerial job in 1995.

Regan managed Baltimore to a 71-73 record during a strike-shortened season and was replaced by Davey Johnson the following year. He’d never manage an MLB team again but had ample experience managing in winter ball and worked in various pitching coach roles for the next couple decades. He spent some time as a pitching coach with the Cubs and Cleveland again.

Then 82, Regan was the interim pitching coach for the Mets as recently as the 2019 season. Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler, Steven Matz, Edwin Díaz, Paul Sewald and Seth Lugo are still active big leaguers whom Regan coached. MLBTR joins others around the game in sending condolences to his family, friends, loved ones, former teammates and the various players whose lives Regan touched over his extended run.

It’s the first optional assignment of the season for Muncy. The former first-round pick spent some time in Triple-A on a rehab assignment working back from a broken finger. He has otherwise been up since June 2025. Muncy is hitting .227/.303/.396 across 175 plate appearances. He’s striking out too often and has ugly defensive grades in a little over 350 innings at the hot corner.

Manager Mark Kotsay told Martín Gallegos of MLB.com that the A’s could get Muncy some outfield work in Triple-A. That would be his first professional outfield action. Muncy was drafted as a shortstop and has moved mostly to second or third base over the last couple seasons. He hasn’t graded well defensively anywhere on the dirt. Muncy is an above-average runner, so he might end up being a better fit in the outfield.

Gelof was at third base today. He has bounced around defensively this year while hitting well enough to force his way into an everyday lineup spot. Gelof has dramatically reduced his formerly untenable strikeout rate and is hitting .274/.328/.478 with 11 homers in 66 games.

Rookie infielder Joshua Kuroda-Grauer has collected 15 hits in his first eight MLB games. He’ll remain in the lineup for as long as he’s hitting. Kuroda-Grauer has started games at each of second, third and shortstop within his first week-plus as a big leaguer. There’s not going to be much shortstop work available now that Wilson is back. If Gelof settles in mostly at third base, that’d leave the keystone primarily for Kuroda-Grauer.

That seemingly sets up a reduction in playing time for Jeff McNeil. The former batting champion was out of the starting lineup tonight for the third consecutive game — two of which have been started by right-handed pitchers. McNeil came off the bench when Nick Kurtz was forced out by illness but appears to be dropping into a backup role.

Acquired from the Mets last offseason, McNeil is hitting just .228/.293/.305 across 288 trips to the plate. He was a league average hitter in April but has a .194/.250/.261 line since the beginning of May. Among hitters with at least 150 plate appearances in that time, only Daniel Schneemann and Ildemaro Vargas have been less productive offensively (by measure of wRC+). The A’s took on $10MM of McNeil’s $15.75MM salary this season. New York will pay the $2MM buyout on a $15.75MM club option that the A’s will surely decline at the end of the year.

Milwaukee placed the two-time All-Star on the injured list over the weekend. Woodruff’s velocity had tanked on Saturday due to shoulder discomfort. Skipper Pat Murphy initially suggested the team believed it was the same type of injury that cost Woodruff a couple months earlier in the season. He’d developed a cyst and some inflammation in the shoulder, which he had surgically repaired in 2023.

It’s not yet clear whether another surgery will be under consideration. The team will surely provide more details after the reevaluation with Meister, who performed the operation three years ago. In any case, it’s a discouraging initial update that seemingly points toward another extended absence. It’s made all the more frustrating by the fact that Woodruff remains a very good pitcher when his shoulder holds up. He has a 2.98 earned run average and 27% strikeout rate over nine starts despite a career-low 91.9 mph average fastball velocity.

Milwaukee is operating with a four-man rotation of Jacob Misiorowski, Kyle Harrison, Brandon Sproat and Shane Drohan. They’ll activate Logan Henderson from the 15-day injured list to start tomorrow’s series finale against the Cardinals, his first appearance since May 22. That should take them through the All-Star Break. Robert Gasser is their only remaining healthy depth starter on optional assignment to Triple-A. Chad Patrick could build back up as a starter if needed, while Garrett Stallings is in long relief after spending most of the year in the Triple-A rotation.

It’s too early to know if the Woodruff injury will impact Milwaukee’s deadline plans. Misiorowski and Harrison would make for an excellent 1-2 punch in a playoff series. Henderson, Sproat, Drohan and Gasser have limited big league track records but are all talented in their own rights. The latter three have pitched well of late.

The Brewers wouldn’t necessarily need to add starting pitching even if Woodruff is facing a long-term absence. They have an extremely talented farm system and are again running away with the NL Central, though, so the opportunity is there if they wanted to take a swing on the trade front. Milwaukee is seven games clear of the Cubs in the division. They’re a game back of the Dodgers for the best record in the National League. More importantly, they’re 5.5 games ahead of the NL East-leading Braves for the #2 seed and the accompanying first-round bye.

Rengifo quickly returns to the big leagues after being released by the Brewers last month. The switch-hitting utilityman signed a minor league deal with San Diego on June 26 and will make his team debut after just six games in Triple-A. Rengifo hit .320 with a couple homers in a brief stint with their top affiliate in El Paso. He hadn’t produced at the big league level this season, batting .205/.280/.254 without a home run in 205 plate appearances for Milwaukee.

It’s the second consecutive down year for Rengifo. He had just a .238/.287/.335 slash with nine longballs in 147 games for the Angels last season. Rengifo was an above-average hitter over the three seasons before that, running a .273/.323/.431 line between 2022-24. He hasn’t been the same since undergoing season-ending wrist surgery in August ’24. There haven’t been any significant changes to his batted ball metrics, though, and he’s swinging harder this year than he did in either of the previous two seasons.

Milwaukee used Rengifo primarily at third base. He also made his first two MLB starts as a first baseman this season and played mostly second base with the Angels. He’s not in the lineup tonight even with Manny Machado day-to-day with a minor toe injury. Sung-Mun Song is starting at the hot corner with Miguel Andujar drawing in as the designated hitter against a right-handed starter in Arizona’s Jose Cabrera.

Taylor’s injury leaves the Padres without their primary left fielder for at least a week and a half. The offseason minor league signee has hit .330 and stolen six bases in 26 games since being called up in the wake of the Ramón Laureano injury. Although Taylor was striking out too often to keep up that kind of offensive pace, he’d provided a much needed spark. Gavin Sheets and Jase Bowen figure to split the left field work for the time being.

11:39am: Cubs right-hander Bryse Wison went unclaimed on waivers following his recent DFA, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. He’s been assigned outright to Triple-A Iowa, but Wilson has the right to reject that assignment in favor of free agency.

The Cubs originally added Wilson via waiver claim from the Phillies, who’d designated him for assignment themselves. He appeared in two games with the Cubs, both of them long relief appearances. The first could scarcely have gone better. The 28-year-old righty held the NL Central-leading Brewers scoreless over 4 1/3 pristine innings, punching out four batters without issuing a walk. Chicago went on to eke out a 4-3 victory. The second appearance played out in near-opposite fashion. Wilson pitched 3 1/3 innings against the Cardinals but was torched for seven runs on eight hits and a walk — although that eventual 17-1 drubbing was already well out of hand by the time he took the mound.

Wilson has pitched in each of the past nine major league seasons. He had a nice run with the 2023-24 Brewers (3.42 ERA in 181 2/3 innings) but has otherwise struggled more often than not. In 470 2/3 innings between Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Chicago (both teams), he’s logged a 4.86 ERA with a well below-average 16.6% strikeout rate. Wilson typically has good command (career 7.4% walk rate) but gives up too much hard contact and is too susceptible to home runs.

While no team was willing to claim the out-of-options Wilson and plug him right onto the big league roster, he could still appeal to teams looking to stockpile bullpen length and/or rotation depth on a minor league deal if he chooses to elect free agency. Wilson does have a solid track record at the Triple-A level, where he’s spent parts of six seasons and logged a 4.21 earned run average in 337 2/3 innings.

Benson had the right to elect free agency but it’s not a surprise that he has waived that right. Players with at least three years of service have the right to reject outright assignments in favor of the open market. But if they have fewer than five years of service, they forfeit their remaining salary commitments when they do so. Benson got over the three-year line last year and qualified for arbitration for the first time. He is making $1.725MM this year, with still about $745K to be paid out.

The lefty Benson has shown some flashes of potential at times but his three-true-outcomes approach has often leaned too much to the strikeout side of the equation. He had a great showing in 2023, with 11 home runs and 19 stolen bases in 108 games. His 31.3% strikeout rate was quite high but he offset that somewhat with a 12.2% walk rate. He slashed 275/.365/.498 for a 129 wRC+, with some help from a .391 batting average on balls in play.

His production hasn’t been anywhere close to that level since then. Dating back to the start of 2024, he has taken 755 plate appearances. He has hit 29 home runs in that time and drawn walks at a solid 9.5% clip but he has been set down on strikes in 34.3% of those appearances. That has led to a combined .200/.279/.390 batting line and 79 wRC+ for that stretch.

Benson clearly has some tools but that lack of offensive production became untenable. He lost his roster spot with the Reds and the other 29 clubs all passed on the chance to scoop him up. He will see if he can get back on track at the Triple-A level. If he doesn’t get his roster spot back by season’s end, he’ll become a free agent, like all players with at least three years of service time who are removed from a 40-man roster during a season.

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Baseball Reference gives the Marlins a 58% chance of securing their first playoff berth since 2023. Baseball Prospectus and FanGraphs both place them just north of 40%. While it still seems unlikely they’ll surpass more talented rosters in Atlanta and Philadelphia to win the NL East, they’ve climbed within three games of the division and are firmly in the Wild Card picture.

For a lot of bubble teams, their performance over the next month is the biggest factor in how the front office will approach the deadline. Miami has a moderately difficult schedule leading up to August 3. They have two more against the Mariners and will close the season’s first half with a home set against the Guardians. They’ll go on a road trip to Milwaukee and Houston coming out of the All-Star Break, then host the Padres and Phillies to close out July. They’ll play a four-game set in Queens against a reeling Mets team as their lead-up to the deadline.

If they’re still in possession of a playoff spot at the end of July, it seems fair to expect the front office to add. A bad month could tip the scales back toward standing pat or a modest sale, though it’s clear they’re beyond the full rebuild stage of Peter Bendix’s tenure running baseball operations. Let’s run through both potential outcomes depending on the team’s performance over the next few weeks.

Record: 50-42 (41% playoff odds, per FanGraphs)

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While the Marlins have built their rebuild mostly around pitching, they nevertheless find themselves in need of more arms to take the next step. They traded Jesús Luzardo, Ryan Weathers and Edward Cabrera — seemingly out of concern about injury risk more than any pressing financial reasons. Their top two pitching prospects, Thomas White and Robby Snelling, went down this year. Snelling is certainly done for the season after undergoing elbow surgery, while White has a shoulder sprain and seems unlikely to make his MLB debut before 2027.

Max Meyer and Sandy Alcantara have been the two constants in the rotation. Meyer, a former third overall pick, has broken out and is pitching at a top-of-the-rotation level. Alcantara isn’t a Cy Young contender anymore but remains a well above-average starter and still works as deep into games as any pitcher in the league. Eury Pérez made a quick return from a gracilis (thigh) strain and still has some of the best stuff in MLB.

It’s a good top three. The trades and injuries have tested the depth. Tyler Phillips has moved from long relief into the rotation. He has done a decent job overall but has a 5.24 ERA and 15% strikeout rate as a starter. He’d ideally be in a swing role. The Marlins will get Janson Junk back from shin inflammation tomorrow. That’ll technically give them a full rotation, but one injury would force them to go back to a depth option like Ryan Gusto or Braxton Garrett (the latter of whom the club clearly doesn’t trust despite his strong Triple-A numbers).

Can Meyer and Pérez be trusted to stay healthy all season? The former has already thrown 108 innings. He has never tossed more than 111 frames in a minor league or MLB season and managed just 64 2/3 innings last year before requiring season-ending hip surgery. Pérez’s workload track record is even more alarming; he has never reached 100 innings in a professional season and is at 79 2/3 this year. Miami has such a rigid plan to monitor his in-start workload that they pulled him amidst a perfect game bid at 92 pitches on Sunday.

“Us looking to play beyond the regular season, Eury’s going to be an important part of that,” manager Clayton McCullough said postgame (link via Christina De Nicola of MLB.com). “He had it really going today, and I totally get it; and there was a part of my heartstrings pulling at his opportunity to keep on going, but I think I have to think about Eury, one, and our organization, our team, and what’s best moving forward to give us a chance to continue to win games. So, made more of a calculated decision with where he was with the pitch count to take him out.”

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Walton, 32, signed a minor league deal with the Halos in the offseason. He put up a strong .282/.429/.481 line in Triple-A and got called up to the big leagues in May. He has since put up a great .319/.354/.505 line in 97 plate appearances, though with some luck. He is riding a .371 batting average on balls in play, which is well above average. Presumably, the Angels don’t have much faith in him keeping that going over a larger sample size. For his career, Walton has a .218/.264/.363 line in 311 plate appearances.

Since Walton is out of options, he has been bumped into DFA limbo, which can last as long as a week. The waiver process takes 48 hours, so the Angels can take five days to see if there’s any trade interest, though they could also put him on the wire sooner than that if they so choose.

Walton has mostly been a light-hitting utility guy in his career. He has experience at second base, third base, shortstop and left field. He hasn’t hit much in the majors but has a .285/.376/.425 line at Triple-A dating back to the start of 2024. Perhaps there is some club out there who needs a bench infielder and doesn’t think this year’s numbers are entirely fluky. If he clears waivers, he has a previous career outright and therefore would have the right to elect free agency.

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Bowman and the Twins are plenty familiar with each other. He pitched for them in 2024, one of many clubs he has suited up for in his journeyman career. He signed a minor league deal with the club in February of this year. At the end of spring training, he triggered an opt-out and was released, but signed a new deal shortly thereafter. He opted out of that deal in May, which led to a minor league deal with the Blue Jays. Last week, he opted out of that deal as well, which allowed the Twins to re-sign him today.

Around all the deal-signing and out-opting, he has thrown 30 Triple-A innings this year, allowing 4.20 earned runs per nine. He has probably deserved better than that. His .325 batting average on balls in play and 69.1% strand rate are both a bit to the unlucky side. Meanwhile, his 26.8% strikeout rate, 7.1% walk rate and 54.3% ground ball rate are all better than average.

His big league career numbers are close to that, without as many strikeouts. He has logged 240 2/3 innings over seven different seasons with a 4.38 ERA, 18.7% strikeout rate, 8% walk rate and 52.3% ground ball rate.

Those strong results have not yet resulted in a major league call-up this year but St. Paul is a pretty good spot for him to be. Minnesota relievers have a collective 5.25 ERA this year, which is the worst such mark in the majors. Given the weakness of the group, there’s not too much standing in Bowman’s way. It’s also possible the Twins sell off some arms ahead of the deadline, though they are currently playing well enough to be within a game and a half of a playoff spot, so that might only happen if they hit a bad stretch this month.

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2:17pm: The Pirates are going to place catcher Endy Rodríguez on the 10-day injured list with a left glute strain, manager Don Kelly tells reporters, including Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Rafael Flores will be recalled to take over the vacated roster spot.

At this point, it’s not clear if the injury for Rodríguez is significant. It’s possible it’s fairly minor but the Bucs are using the upcoming All-Star Break to get him an extended break while only missing a handful of games.

Regardless, it’s a notable setback for the Bucs, as they have been hemorrhaging lineup regulars lately. Oneil Cruz and Spencer Horwitz hit the IL last month. Konnor Griffin landed on the shelf yesterday and is probably going to miss eight to ten weeks with a torn tendon in his left hand.

When combined with today’s news on Rodríguez, the Pirates have lost their starting shortstop, catcher, first baseman and center fielder in just over a month. That’s obviously not ideal when the club is fighting to stay in the race, currently three games back of a playoff spot in the National League.

For Rodríguez personally, this injury interrupts a breakout season. He debuted with the Bucs back in 2023 and seemed poised to emerge as a big league regular in 2024. Unfortunately, he went on an injury odyssey instead. He required surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament and flexor tendon in his throwing arm in December of 2023. That procedure wiped out his 2024. Last year, Rodríguez was back in action but he made multiple trips to the IL and required another surgery in August, this one being an ulnar nerve transposition surgery.

Here in 2026, things have finally been clicking for Rodríguez. He was optioned to the minors to start the year but was recalled in May and has since hit .260/.388/.470 in 122 plate appearances. He has five home runs and a huge 17.2% walk rate. His 138 wRC+ indicates he has been 38% better than the league average hitter on the year. Ideally, this will be a brief respite and he can continue building on those numbers later, but time will tell how possible that is.

The club will have to get by with Flores and Henry Davis in the meantime. Davis has been having a good season defensively, with bizarre offense. His 9% walk rate and 20.9% strikeout rate are both respectable figures. He has seven home runs. But he has a .155/.250/.323 line, thanks to a miniscule .152 batting average on balls in play. That’s the lowest BABIP in the majors this year among guys with at least 120 plate appearances. It’s hard to keep a BABIP that low over a long period of time but Davis also doesn’t hit the ball especially hard and has a .217 career BABIP. Flores has just nine big league games under his belt but is considered one of the club’s top prospects.

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Shuster, 27, signed a minor league deal with the Cards in the offseason. Three times this year, he has been added to the big league roster. Since he is out of options, after a few appearances, each stint has ended with him being designated for assignment. He cleared waivers the first two times.

The most recent selection occurred yesterday, in between games of a doubleheader. The Cards were trying to avoid overworking their primary starters, so they called up Bruce Zimmermann and Hunter Dobbins to handle the bulk work in those contests. Zimmermann threw five innings in the first game, then the Cards put Shuster onto the roster in his place to give them one extra arm for the nightcap.

In the end, the Cards dropped both games of the twin bill. The first one was close, finishing 4-3, but they got trounced 10-2 in the second. A lot of that second result was Shuster’s fault. Dobbins allowed three runs in five innings. Down 3-0, the Cards put Shuster into the game. He put up a zero in the top of the sixth, then the Cards scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it 3-2. They tried to get a few more outs from Shuster and sent him back out for the top of the seventh, but that did not work. The Brewers jumped all over Shuster and he was ultimately charged with seven earned runs while only recording one out in the seventh. That means he has now allowed nine earned runs in nine innings on the year overall.

Based on the way this year has gone, Shuster should be on waivers in the coming days. Assuming he clears and accepts an assignment to Memphis again, he can join the Redbirds and position himself to potentially be added to the roster again the next time the Cards need a fresh arm for the bullpen.

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Fairchild had previously spent the entire season in the Guardians organization. He logged 14 big league games for Cleveland but only took 27 plate appearances due to his role as a late-game defensive replacement and/or pinch-runner. Fairchild managed only a 3-for-19 showing in that seldom-used role, though he also drew seven walks and swiped a pair of bags.

In parts of six major league seasons, the 30-year-old Fairchild is a .221/.309/.377 hitter. He’s a good runner who’s capable of playing all three outfield positions well. He lacks much in the way of offensive impact, but the right-handed-hitting Fairchild does at least have a solid .240/.347/.390 batting line in his career versus lefties. That’s about 5% better than average, by measure of wRC+. Between that and his speed/defense, he’s a viable bench outfielder who can draw occasional starts versus lefties.

The Mariners are currently without star center fielder Julio Rodríguez (concussion list) as well as reserve outfield options Rob Refsnyder (hamstring strain) and Will Wilson (broken thumb). Infielder/outfielder Brendan Donovan has been out since mid-May due to a groin strain. The M’s currently have right-handed-hitting journeymen Weston Wilson and Buddy Kennedy on the big league bench while Randy Arozarena, Victor Robles, Luke Raley and Dominic Canzone handle the bulk of the outfield work.

Fairchild offers more of a traditional speed-and-defense option to back up that outfield quartet, should the Mariners want to make a change at some point. He could also be used in a platoon setup with Raley while the M’s wait on Rodriguez and others to mend.

Seelinger’s DFA marks a swift end to what was a feel-good story. The 31-year-old righty came over earlier this week in a cash swap with the Tigers. The Mets selected Seelinger, a Long Island native who went to high school and college (SUNY Farmingdale) not 40 miles from Citi Field, to the big league roster for his major league debut after a decade-long grind through the minors and indie ball.

Unfortunately, the fairy tale debut went sour in a hurry. Seelinger came into a 9-9 tie after the Mets had already squandered a 9-4 lead and was ambushed for seven runs in his first major league inning. He returned for a second frame and posted a scoreless inning. The seven runs in two innings leaves Seelinger with a career 31.50 ERA at the game’s top level.

Prior to that rough debut, Seelinger had been effective in Triple-A. With the Tigers’ Toledo affiliate, Seelinger logged 39 1/3 innings in a swing role and turned in a 3.89 ERA. The right-hander’s 29.3% strikeout rate was quite sharp, but he also showed wobbly command with an 11.4% walk rate. Seelinger averages 92.4 mph on his four-seamer and rounds out a three-pitch repertoire with an 86.1 mph cutter and an 80.1 mph curveball. The Mets can trade him or place him on waivers any time in the next five days. Waivers would take another 48 hours.

The Mets signed Curry, 27, out of indie ball earlier this year. The former Guardians prospect has previously pitched in parts of four major league seasons — most recently with the 2025 Marlins. Curry has pitched exactly 150 innings in the majors and has a 4.38 ERA with a 15.5% strikeout rate and a 7.2% ground-ball rate. He’s been an extreme fly-ball pitcher (29.3% grounder rate) and has at times run into considerable home run troubles, as one might expect for a low-velocity righty with a penchant for airborne contact.

Curry has appeared in 10 games, nine of them starts, with the Mets’ Syracuse affiliate. He’s been tagged for a 4.74 ERA but has been better of late, logging a 3.86 ERA and 21-to-9 K/BB ratio over his past 30 1/3 frames. Curry has experience working both as a starter and reliever. He last pitched on July 3, so he’s rested and should be available for whatever the Mets need of him today.

Curry does have one minor league option remaining, so while it doesn’t seem likely to be a long big league stint for him (based on how the Mets use their final couple bullpen spots), he could be optioned rather than designated for assignment if the Mets want to ship him out for another fresh arm after a long relief outing. That doesn’t entirely rule out an eventual DFA, of course; Seelinger had a full slate of three minor league options.

As for Warren, his injury (first reported by The Athletic’s Will Sammon) will subtract one of the team’s steadier arms. Granted, Warren’s 4.63 ERA doesn’t look like much, but that number has nearly doubled within the past week — presumably due at least in part to this injury. In 24 appearances from the time of his mid-April call to the majors through late June, Warren pitched to a 2.45 ERA (33 innings) with a 25.9% strikeout rate and 11.6% walk rate. He’s since given up nine runs in just two innings while fanning only one of his 18 opponents.

Given the stark decline in performance, it’s not all that surprising to hear that Warren is being impacted by a physical issue. The Mets have yet to provide further details or offer a potential timetable for Warren’s recovery. Interim skipper Andy Green will presumably do so prior to today’s game, unless Warren is still set for further testing at that time.

Though the Mets themselves haven’t provided more info, MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo spoke to the pitcher himself. Warren didn’t offer a specific diagnosis, but DiComo notes that the right-hander was emotional when explaining the injury/symptoms and revealing that he’d undergone an MRI. It seems there’s some clear concern for Warren himself, who underwent Tommy John surgery earlier in his career.