Mets finalize 1-year contend with reliever Ottavino

NEW YORK — In the terminate, Adam Ottavino took the long road support to the Mets.

Ottavino signed a one-year deal to diagram support to Flushing, N.Y., the club announced on Tuesday. The deal is price $4.5 million, a source told MLB.com. The Mets did not verify the monetary phrases of the contract.

Earlier this offseason, Ottavino declined his $6.75 million participant probability to diagram support to the Mets, believing he could well perchance receive a multi-year deal on the originate market. When that did no longer happen, he decided to diagram support on a lesser contract. A Novel York native, Ottavino has pitched the last 5 seasons for Northeast groups and values playing advance home.

Closing year at age 37, Ottavino produced a 3.21 ERA over 66 appearances, alongside with a 2.17 label from July 1 thru the terminate of the season.

He rejoins a Mets bullpen that is basically unchanged from last year. Edwin Díaz will be support from injury, and Novel York signed Jorge López to hitch its ranks. Those two, Brooks Raley, Drew Smith and Ottavino will earn the unhurried-inning core, whereas a slew of youthful pitchers, Minor League signings and waiver claims will compete for jobs this spring.