Metropolis puts Reed Garrett at Illinois State University due to inflammation in elbow

Metropolis announced right-handed today Reed Garrett Due to inflammation in the right elbow, it has been placed on the list of injuries for 15 days until August 23. They chose left-handed José Castillo Take Garrett’s position in the active roster. Right-leaning Frankie Montas It has been transferred to the 60-day IL and has opened a 40-person position.

Garrett, 32, has become a key part of the Metropolitan bullpen for about two years. He performed well in 2024, hitting 57 1/3 innings with an average running of 3.77. His 12.1% walk rate is high, but he beat 33.6% of the batsmen and got the ground ball in 44.3% of the ball. He raised the club’s pecking order, winning four saves and 14.

He performed a lot here in 2025. He threw another 52 1/3 innings, with an ERA of 3.61, strikeout rate of 28.3%, walking rate of 11% and ground ball rate of 39.1%. He added 3 saves and 20 more times.

So far, the Mets have not provided any details about his injury or how long he would expect to fail, but it is about development anyway. There is always some concern when the pitcher throws an elbow is not 100%. For the Mets, the obstacles to injury have been severely hit this year, with many relief workers requiring surgery at the end of the season in the first half. Club strengthens the group by deadline through acquisition Ryan Helsley,,,,, Taylor Rogers and Gregory Soto.

Despite the addition of these reinforcements, the club has been struggling this summer. They beat 7-14 in August and barely stuck to the playoffs. They have the third and last wildcard position in the National League, but are 1.5 games ahead of the Reds.

Part of that is Garrett himself. His ERA was 2.87 in the first half, but his ERA so far so far was 5.52. Many of them seem to be lucky. In the first half, he had a strikeout rate of 25.5% and a walking rate of 12.4%, and those figures rose to 36.2% and 6.9% respectively in the second half. However, his chain rate increased from an average of 74.2% to 51%, while his home run rate increased from 5.9% to 27.3%. Although his era almost doubled in the second half, his FIP rose from 3.22 to 3.73, while his Siera actually made a significant improvement from 3.92 to 2.16.

Even if the recent struggle isn’t entirely due to misfortune, the Mets certainly don’t want more pitchers to lose to the injured roster, especially after the deadline is harder to find an external solution. This is not ideal for Garrett personally, as he will be eligible for arbitration for the first time.

Currently, the Mets will add Castillo to the roster. He started the season as a Rattlesnake but was designated as a mission in May. The Mets sent some cash to Arizona and took him to the ship. He has since bounced on the roster. They appointed him twice for missions and sent him through exemptions. Each time, he took on the task of Triple-A Syracuse and was later added to the roster.

Overall, he threw 18 2/3 innings this year with 5.30 ERA. His strikeout rate of 21.5% and his walking rate of 9.7% are close to average. His 53.3% ground ball rate is pretty good, but maybe a lot of ground players have found holes because his 0.421 hits average on the ball are very high. His 3.76 Siera shows that he deserves much better than the times have shown. He also threw 16 innings this year with a 1.69 ERA, 35.9% strikeout rate, 9.4% walking rate and 50% ground ball rate. He has no choice, which has contributed to many of his rosters this year, so his control somewhere may be poor again this time.

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