Mets To Designate Omar Narvaez Acquire Luis Torrens Option Brett Baty Christian Scot

10:20am: The Mets are sending cash to the Yankees in the deal for Torrens, . Specifically, itll be a $100K return for the Yankees. 9:50am: The Mets are shaking up the roster with a broad-reaching set of roster moves. Catcher is being designated for a signment, . His spot on the roster will go to catcher , who is being acquired from the Yankees and selected to the MLB roster, . Meanwhile, third baseman and righty will be optioned to Triple-A Syracuse, . Theyll be replaced on the roster by infielder , whose contract will be selected from Syracuse, and righty , wholl be recalled from Syracuse, Joel Sherman of the New York Post . Its a significant slate of roster moves thatll see the Mets jettison the veteran Narvaez, option two of their top prospects to Triple-A for more seasoning, and thus clear a full runway for to get an opportunity as the everyday third baseman. Narvaez, 32, inked a two-year deal worth a guaranteed $15MM in the 2022-23 offseason the second season of which was a player option. After a lackluster debut campaign in Queens that saw him hit just .211/.283/.297, Narvaez unsurprisingly opted into the second season of his contract. This years production has been even more feeble, however. In 69 trips to the plate, Narvaez has managed only a .154/.191/.185 batting line Wilderd Patino Jersey with a dismal 22.2% hard-hit rate. Prior to his time with the Mets, Narvaez was a quality regular with the White Sox, Mariners and Brewers from 2018-22 even making an All-Star team with Milwaukee in 2021. That five-year span saw Narvaez bat .254/.337/.397. He was inconsistent with the bat on a year-to-year basis but wound up producing at a roughly league-average level overall during that half-decade run. On top of that, the Brewers who have a reputation for improving catcher defense revamped Narvaezs skill set behind the plate. He rated as one of the games worst defenders in 2018-19 with Chicago and Seattle but posted seven Defensive Runs Saved and was worth an even more impre sive 19 runs behind the plate in Statcasts eyes thanks largely to ma sive improvements in his framing. The injury to appeared to create an opportunity for Narvaez to get back to that previous form, but hes been outhit by the defensively superior , who returned to the big leagues after being outrighted to Syracuse last season. Nido hasnt been great at the plate himself his .233/.260/.370 batting line is well below par but has handily outperformed his fellow backstop. Thatll allow Nido to stick around in whatll likely be the lead catching role until Alvarezs return. Alvarez suited up for Double-A Binghamton yesterday, kicking off a 20-day window for his minor league rehab a signment. That could make for a short-lived stay on the roster for the newly acquired Torrens. The Mets will choose between him and Nido once Alvarez is ready for activation. In 124 Triple-A plate appearances with the Yankees, the journeyman Torrens hit .279/.339/.469 with five homers and six doubles. Once a well-regarded catching prospect with the Padres and Mariners, the now-28-year-old Torrens is a career .227/.289/.354 hitter in 807 MLB plate appearances. He has a knack for hard contact, but too many of those well-struck balls are of the grounder variety. A hefty 49.9% of Torrens career batted balls in the majors have been on the ground, which is clearly suboptimal for a plodding catcher who ranked in the 24th percentile of big league players in sprint speed from 2022-23, per Statcast. In Baty and Scott, the Mets are sending two of the organizations most touted prospects back to the minors. Baty, 24, has now seen MLB action in three straight seasons but has yet to cement himself as the everyday third baseman or even as a viable big league bat. This years .225/.304/.325 batting line is 12% worse than average, by measure of wRC+, but nonethele s stands as his most productive season in the big leagues. Since making his debut late in the 2022 season, Baty carries a .214/.281/.325 line in exactly 600 plate appearances. Baty, the No. 12 pick in the 2019 draft, has been particularly cold of late, tallying just six hits in his past 54 trips to the plate. Hes considered a superior defender to the also-24-year-old Vientos, but Vientos bat has been too loud for the Mets to ignore. Also long considered one of the organizations better prospects, Vientos is hitting .295/.354/.591 with three homers in just 48 plate appearances. The former No. 59 overall picks performance emphatically warrants greater playing time. With Baty sent to Triple-A, hell receive that chance and could well establish himself as a long-term corner option for the Mets with a strong showing. Scott, wholl turn 25 in a couple weeks, has pitched well through his first five MLB starts. In 27 2/3 frames, hes worked to a 3.90 ERA with a 22.3% strikeout rate and excellent 5.4% walk rate. However, the right-hander was a reliever in college whom the Mets have moved into a rotation role since turning pro. Hes thus never worked a full starters workload, with last years 87 2/3 frames standing as a career-high. The Mets have multiple off-days on the schedule in the near future, le sening the need for rotation arms. As such, theyll send Scott to Syracuse, where they can more easily manage his innings and simultaneously afford the big league club an extra reliever. Pa san does note that Scott is expected to return to the big leagues before long. His promotion to date certainly warrants that. And if the Mets continue on their current trajectory, it wouldnt at all be surprising to see other members of the rotation dangled in trade scenarios. For now, , , , and are lined up to make the next five starts. Severino is on a one-year deal, while Manaea has a opt-out at seasons end and Quintana is in the second season of a two-year contract. In place of Baty, the Mets will turn to the veteran Iglesias. Hes carved out a reputation as a plus defensive shortstop with good contact skills but minimal impact when he does put bat to ball. Iglesias didnt play in the majors last season but is a career .279/.319/.382 batter in more than 4000 plate appearances. Hes come to the plate 175 times in Syracuse this season and turned in a .273/.309/.442 slash. Iglesias will give the Mets a true backup shortstop to , something they previously lacked, and is plenty capable of spelling Vientos at the hot corner or stepping in for at second base even if the overwhelming majority of his career has been spent at shortstop. As for Nunez, this will mark his third stint with the Mets already this year. He was up earlier this week as the 27th man for a doubleheader and also had a four-game run earlier in the season. Hes pitched 8 1/3 innings over five appearances, holding opponents to three runs on seven hits and three walks with 13 strikeouts. Tucker Barnhart Jersey