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After eight seasons with the Yankees, Dellin Betances is not leaving New York — but he is not returning to the Bronx, either. The Mets on Tuesday signed Betances, a four-time All-Star who had become a free agent, to a one-year deal to bolster a bullpen that woefully underperformed in 2019.
When the Mets announced the deal, Betances had already changed his Twitter profile picture to one of him wearing a Mets hat and jersey in front of a Christmas tree, and sporting facial hair that would certainly violate the Yankees’ in-season policy.