In re-signing Jerry Blevins and Fernando Salas last week, the Mets put the (apparently) finishing touches on what will go down as one of the odder offseasons in recent baseball history. To dumb it down:
1. They retained six players whom they could have jettisoned. They re-signed Blevins, Yoenis Cespedes and Salas as free agents; exercised team options on Jay Bruce and Jose Reyes; and extended a qualifying offer to Neil Walker, which the second baseman accepted.
2. They added zero players who provided value to another major league team in 2016. Tom Gorzelanny, whom they signed last week to a minor league deal, registered -0.