A familiar face will reportedly return to Port St. Lucie for spring training next month. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports the New York Mets will bring back catcher Rene Rivera on a minor league contract.
The NY #Mets are bringing back veteran catcher Rene Rivera. They've agreed to a minor-league contract that will pay him $1 million with $300,000 in incentives if he makes their big-league roster. He'll be in their major-league spring training camp.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 22, 2020
Rivera played in just nine big-league games with the Mets last season, hitting .