Michael Tonkin, Yohan Ramírez Make Mets Roster
On Thursday, the New York Mets decided on DJ Stewart to make their roster. Stewart will be the team’s designated hitter until J.D. Martinez is ready to join the Mets lineup. One of the final decisions for the Opening Day roster came down to the bullpen, and they’ve made their choices. The 2024 Mets Opening Day roster is now final.
Michael Tonkin
Tonkin started in the big leagues in 2013 and has been around the block. From the major leagues to Japan and Mexico. To two different stints on Long Island with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League. Tonkin returned to the state of New York this season by signing a one-year. $1 million deal with the Mets for a chance to earn a bullpen spot. In five games during the preseason, Tonkin would impress Mets management. He didn’t give up a single run in 7.2 innings of work and struck out 7 hitters. He had a WHIP of 1.043.
Yohan Ramírez
Like Tonkin, Ramírez has had different teams to call home. He spent 2020-2022 on the Seattle Mariners before Seattle DFA’d him during the 2022 season. He was traded to the Cleveland Guardians and then traded again to the Pittsburgh Pirates. After spending 2023 on the Chicago White Sox, Chicago traded him to the Mets. In seven games and 10.2 innings pitched this Spring, Ramírez had an ERA of 1.80, 11 strikeouts, a WHIP of 0.900, and saved two games.
Sean Reid-Foley To The IL
In addition to Tonkin and Ramírez making the roster, New York also placed reliever Sean Reid-Foley on the injured list for shoulder impingement. Foley battled discomfort in his biceps during spring training and struggled to a 4.50 ERA in five games. Over the last three years with the Mets, Foley has pitched to a 4.93 ERA, allowing 33 hits and 21 earned runs in 38.1 innings of work.
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