In order to make room for outfielder Matt den Dekker on the 40-man roster, Marcos Molina has been released. The 23-year-old right-hander, who was placed on the Double-A disabled list on July 4th, currently has a cumulative 6.94 ERA in 81.2 innings split over fourteen starts with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and two with the Las Vegas 51s.
Signed by the Mets out of the Dominican Republic in January 2012 as an unheralded rookie, Molina burst on the scene in 2014 when he was a member of the Brooklyn Cyclones. He would post one of the best seasons in Brooklyn Cyclones history, posting a 1.