After addressing their rotation at the winter meetings, the Mets turned to the bullpen, acquiring left-handed reliever Brooks Raley from the Rays for Keyshawn Askew. Raley, signed as a free agent last offseason, has one year and $4.5M left on his contract with a $6.5M club option for 2024. He slides nicely into a role at the back-end of the Mets bullpen, providing not just a desperately needed lefty reliever but a legitimate setup option.
Raley’s success in recent years has gone somewhat unnoticed. After flaming out as a prospect in the early 2010s and spending a couple years in Korea, he made his way back to the US in 2020, signing a minor league deal with Cincinnati.