{"id":674305,"date":"2026-04-12T19:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/674305\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T19:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:22:54","slug":"mets-dump-luis-garcia-after-making-him-part-of-bullpen-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/674305\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets dump Luis Garcia after making him part of bullpen makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One part of the Mets\u2019 bullpen makeover is already gone, with Luis Garc\u00eda designated for assignment prior to Sunday\u2019s series-finale against the A\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>After the 39-year-old right-hander was forced into Saturday\u2019s loss, in part because of Luke Weaver\u2019s ineffectiveness, Carlos Mendoza said the bullpen needed to be replenished for Sunday\u2019s game at Citi Field.<\/p>\n<p>So the Mets opted to recall right-hander Joey Gerber from Triple-A Syracuse and are set to lose Garc\u00eda, who was signed to a one-year, $1.75 million deal in January.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39065447\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/throws-tenth-inning-pittsburgh-pirates-124630911.jpg\" alt=\"The Mets designated Luis Garcia for assignment on Sunday.\" class=\"wp-image-39065447\"  \/>The Mets designated Luis Garcia for assignment on Sunday. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe needed an arm, especially with the way we used the bullpen the past couple of nights,\u2019\u2019 Mendoza said. \u201cWe feel like we needed some protection there in case something bad happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the decision to DFA Garcia , Mendoza said it was \u201cnot an easy one. Luis had to pitch [Saturday] on a day we were staying away from him. [Weaver] got in trouble and we needed a fresh arm here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gerber last played in the majors with the Rays last year, making two appearances, while spending most of the season with Triple-A Durham.<\/p>\n<p>His contract was purchased by the Mets in November and he struggled in four outings in the minors this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One part of the Mets\u2019 bullpen makeover is already gone, with Luis Garc\u00eda designated for assignment prior to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-674305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mets","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-mets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkmets","15":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116393370675898415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}