The Mets and relief pitcher Jenrry Mejia have settled on a $1.729 salary for the 2018 season. Mejia has not pitched since the 2015 season, however, as he was given a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball after his third positive test for PEDs just under two years ago.
It’s possible that Mejia could be reinstated at some point, though it doesn’t seem that’s likely to happen anytime soon. Before his positive tests and that ban, he had been a good story. After struggling with injuries and disappointing performance earlier in his career, Mejia caught everyone’s attention with five great starts late in the 2013 season.