The rumors are true. Jose Bautista is a Met. Boy, that was fast. As our own Clayton Richer mentioned less than 24 hours ago, the Mets were interested in Bautista immediately following his release by the Atlanta Braves.
His new deal with the Mets, which was collaboratively reported by Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports, MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo and the official Mets Twitter, will pay Bautista the major league minimum and is effective immediately. The deal was officially confirmed at 2:50 PM EST.
Surprisingly enough, Bautista is already on the 25-man roster for the Mets and has actually already registered at-bats as a member of the team.