The Mets added infielder Eric Wagaman to their roster on May 26, 2026, in a busy reshuffle that also brought left-hander A.J. Minter and Jared Young back from the injured list. New York placed outfielder Tyrone Taylor on the 10-day injured list with a right hip flexor strain and transferred outfielder Luis Robert Jr. to the 60-day injured list.
Wagaman’s promotion gives the Mets another player who forced the issue at Syracuse after being claimed by the club last month, then optioned to the minors and later clearing waivers. In 13 games with Syracuse, he hit.372/.462/.581 with 52 plate appearances and a.424 batting average on balls in play, the kind of stretch that made it hard to ignore him again.
The roster moves came as the Mets tried to steady a season that had drifted badly off course. They were 22-32 on May 26 and 7.5 games back of a playoff spot, so every healthy arm and usable bat mattered more than it would on a normal day in late May.
Wagaman’s path to Queens has been built on production in the minors. From 2022 to 2024, he hit.276/.348/.473 with a 131 wRC+ in 897 plate appearances on the farm, a track record that helped explain why the Mets were willing to give him another look after his brief stay in the system last month.
Minter’s return carries more weight for a bullpen that has not had many clean days. The veteran left-hander signed a two-year, $22 million deal going into the 2025 season, threw 11 innings that year before a lat strain sent him to the injured list, and eventually required season-ending surgery. He started the 2026 season on the injured list, began a rehab assignment in April and was later moved to the 60-day injured list after left hip discomfort slowed that process.
The Mets are still waiting for other injured pieces to clear the path back. Robert landed on the injured list in late April with lumbar disc herniation, and the move to the 60-day injured list pushes his earliest return to late June. Taylor’s right hip flexor strain adds another short-term absence to a roster that has already spent much of the spring piecing itself together.
On the same day, the Mets also optioned right-hander Jonathan Pintaro and outfielder Nick Morabito. For a club trying to climb out of a deep hole, the changes suggest a front office willing to keep cycling through healthy options while hoping the injured-list math finally begins to turn in its favor.
