{"id":101208,"date":"2025-09-17T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=101208"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:53:20","slug":"mets-bullpen-gets-intriguing-update-as-playoffs-draw-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=101208","title":{"rendered":"Mets bullpen gets intriguing update as playoffs draw near"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mets-starting-pitcher-Clay-Holmes.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"New York Mets starting pitcher Clay Holmes (35) pitches against the Atlanta Braves during the first inning at Truist Park.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The New York Mets are looking to shore up their bullpen as they hope to secure a spot in the postseason, and with the trade deadline long gone, the team may have to get creative.<\/p>\n<p>Team president David Stearns brought up a couple interesting options for the Mets as they continue their final home-stand of the season. He said that \u201call options were on the table,\u201d according to Andy Martino of SNY.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong the logical candidates: Clay Holmes, Brandon Sproat, Kodai Senga,\u201d Martino added.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes, who has held his own in the Mets&#8217; starting rotation this season, came to Queens from across town, where he was the New York Yankees&#8217; closer. Though he eventually lose the role due to ineffectiveness, he recovered and appeared in 13 postseason games, allowing only three runs as the Yankees made it to the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Now starting for the first time since his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Holmes has a 3.75 ERA in 29 starts, though that balloons to 4.99 over his past 12.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Mets are looking for bullpen options<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3526261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3526261\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kodai-Senga-throws-a-pitch-at-Citi-Field.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kodai-Senga-throws-a-pitch-at-Citi-Field.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kodai-Senga-throws-a-pitch-at-Citi-Field.jpg?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kodai-Senga-throws-a-pitch-at-Citi-Field.jpg?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kodai-Senga-throws-a-pitch-at-Citi-Field.jpg?resize=1024,574 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kodai-Senga-throws-a-pitch-at-Citi-Field.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"Mets bullpen gets intriguing update as playoffs draw near\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3526261\">Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the season-long numbers show the Mets have a middling bullpen, it has been atrocious since June 12 with a 5.06 ERA, as ESPN pointed out on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The team thought it had its answer by acquiring Ryan Helsley at the trade deadline. Instead, Helsley has appeared in 17 games, building a 10.29 ERA with four blown saves and a .354 BAA.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly Kodai Senga and his disastrous August doesn&#8217;t seem so bad. Senga is currently in Triple-A trying to re-discover his early-season form, but perhaps in short bursts in the bigs he can do the same.<\/p>\n<p>The point is, the Mets need to find a consistent and sustainable way to build a bridge to Edwin Diaz. Brooks Raley and Tyler Rogers are part of that right now, but that makes Rogers the only reliable righty in the middle innings.<\/p>\n<p>Moving a starter to the pen isn&#8217;t new \u2014 especially for the Mets, who just announced that lefty Sean Manaea would transition to a relief role. But with Manaea scuffling through a poor season, he&#8217;s not likely to be used in high-leverage situations, at least to start.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets are desperate for bullpen help amid their playoff push and they might get it by drawing from their rotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":101211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1052,2093,23,1045],"class_list":["post-101208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-clay-holmes","tag-kodai-senga","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mets bullpen gets intriguing update as playoffs draw near - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=101208\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mets bullpen gets intriguing update as playoffs draw near - 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