Reed Garrett was part of the Mets’ major league bullpen in 2023, and until fairly late in spring training this year, he was in major league camp. Making the Opening Day roster would have been a pretty significant feat from the outset, as Garrett has options remaining this year—unlike a bunch of the other pitchers trying to claim a spot.
It didn’t help, of course, that Garrett had a 6.41 ERA in his time in the big leagues last year. And even if the couple of particularly bad innings he threw for the Orioles before joining the Mets were excluded, he had a 5.