{"id":102457,"date":"2025-09-21T08:33:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T08:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=102457"},"modified":"2025-09-21T08:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T08:37:54","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8%f0%9f%9a%a8%f0%9f%9a%a8mets-roster-shake-up-the-mets-are-making-moves-selecting-richard-lovelady-and-designating-wander-suero-for-assignment-and-social-media-is-buzzing-with-hot-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=102457","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8METS ROSTER SHAKE-UP?: The Mets are making moves, selecting Richard Lovelady and designating Wander Suero for assignment, and social media is buzzing with hot takes, speculation, and memes about the impact on the bullpen. Fans are debating whether Lovelady can stabilize the late innings or if losing Suero creates a bigger hole. The drama isn\u2019t just transactional \u2014 it\u2019s about how New York manages its pitching depth as the playoff stretch heats up."},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mlbtraderumors.com\/files\/2025\/03\/Richard_Lovelady_Blue_Jays-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mets To Sign Richard Lovelady - MLB Trade Rumors\" \/>By Nick Deeds | <time datetime=\"2025-09-20T22:12:12-05:00\">September 20, 2025<\/time> at <time datetime=\"2025-09-20T22:12:12-05:00\">10:12pm CDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p>The Mets announced this morning that they\u2019ve designated right-hander <strong>Wander Suero<\/strong> for assignment. Left-hander <strong>Richard Lovelady<\/strong> was selected to replace Suero on the 40-man and active rosters and pitched in the club\u2019s loss to the Nationals earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>Suero, 33, departs the Mets\u2019 roster just two days after being selected to the roster. It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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 beings 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\u2019s 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\u2019ll remain in the Mets bullpen for the time being and be a left-handed option alongside <strong>Brooks Raley<\/strong> and <strong>Gregory Soto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets shuffled their bullpen around ahead of today&#8217;s game against the Nationals read more at MLB Trade Rumors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":102459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2427,2904],"class_list":["post-102457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-richard-lovelady","tag-wander-suero"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8METS ROSTER SHAKE-UP?: The Mets are making moves, selecting Richard Lovelady and designating Wander Suero for assignment, and social media is buzzing with hot takes, speculation, and memes about the impact on the bullpen. 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