The Mets have claimed right-hander Kevin Herget off waivers from the Brewers, per a report from Robert Murray of FanSided. There had been no prior indication that Herget was designated for assignment, though with today’s deadline to activate players from the 60-day injured list plenty of 40-man roster movement is to be expected around the league.
Herget, 34 in April, signed a minor league deal with the Brewers last offseason after being cut loose by the Reds. He went on to get a limited amount of big league action in the majors in 2024, tossing 11 1/3 innings for Milwaukee with two earned runs allowed. In Triple-A, he had a larger sample of work, posting a 2.27 earned run average in 47 2/3 innings. He struck out 32.4% of batters faced at that level while only giving out walks 6% of the time.
The Mets were apparently intrigued by those strong numbers, grabbing Herget off waivers today. The Mets just lost Brooks Raley, Adam Ottavino, Ryne Stanek and Drew Smith to free agency so they have filled in some lost bullpen depth with this claim. Despite his age, Herget is still in his pre-arbitration years and is therefore cheap and can potentially be controlled for years to come.
Unclemike1525
There’s more than 1 Herget? Who knew? You can have the one on the Cubs too. Have a Herget monopoly.
Don'tBeDumb
Cue 50 “banned baseball experts” explaining how stupid David Stearns is in-between eating crayons
Rexhudler86
Cue the trolls that say such things. When they’ve 50 accounts spreading that narrative. Where’s the grammar cop or the fake mod or the trade trout guy. Minor moves aren’t a big deal real people understand that.
10centBeerNight
Stearns cookout in full effect
Old York
Not the most talented group of guys coming out of Teaneck, NJ. I guess the Mutts just wanted to get him back closer to home.
Don'tBeDumb
That’s dumb, not funny, not clever, not illuminating, not clairvoyant and not useful.
Old York
@Don’tBeDumb
Are you from Teaneck, NJ?
Blue Baron
If he is, cue the Roseanne Roseannadanna line, “You’ve got a big vocabulary for someone from New Jersey.”
jvent
Let’s not go dumpster diving now, unless they’re saving here and there for the big boys
This one belongs to the Reds
Guy was knocked around like a pinata in 2023.
icantstandyous
What do you know. Stearns is supposed to be a veteran front office guy. Yet only feels comfortable taking scrap from the brewers. Pathetic. If he made real moves at deadline, perhaps Mets would have a WS team by now
Don'tBeDumb
You have the computational capability of a wet sock
metvibes
I believe that Sterns is picking up Devenski, Covey and Hergert as bodies to throw to the zombies in a zombie Apocalypse.
padam
Of course they did.