Mets Designate Matt Seelinger For Assignment

The Mets on Wednesday announced that they’ve selected the contract of righty Xzavion Curry from Triple-A Syracuse and recalled righty Tobias Myers. Right-hander Matt Seelinger was designated for assignment in order to open a roster spot for Curry, while Myers will fill a spot vacated by right-hander Austin Warren‘s placement on the 15-day injured list. He’s dealing with a right forearm strain.

Seelinger’s DFA marks a swift end to what was a feel-good story. The 31-year-old righty came over earlier this week in a cash swap with the Tigers. The Mets selected Seelinger, a Long Island native who went to high school and college (SUNY Farmingdale) not 40 miles from Citi Field, to the big league roster for his major league debut after a decade-long grind through the minors and indie ball.

Unfortunately, the fairy tale debut went sour in a hurry. Seelinger came into a 9-9 tie after the Mets had already squandered a 9-4 lead and was ambushed for seven runs in his first major league inning. He returned for a second frame and posted a scoreless inning. The seven runs in two innings leaves Seelinger with a career 31.50 ERA at the game’s top level.

Prior to that rough debut, Seelinger had been effective in Triple-A. With the Tigers’ Toledo affiliate, Seelinger logged 39 1/3 innings in a swing role and turned in a 3.89 ERA. The right-hander’s 29.3% strikeout rate was quite sharp, but he also showed wobbly command with an 11.4% walk rate. Seelinger averages 92.4 mph on his four-seamer and rounds out a three-pitch repertoire with an 86.1 mph cutter and an 80.1 mph curveball. The Mets can trade him or place him on waivers any time in the next five days. Waivers would take another 48 hours.

The Mets signed Curry, 27, out of indie ball earlier this year. The former Guardians prospect has previously pitched in parts of four major league seasons — most recently with the 2025 Marlins. Curry has pitched exactly 150 innings in the majors and has a 4.38 ERA with a 15.5% strikeout rate and a 7.2% ground-ball rate. He’s been an extreme fly-ball pitcher (29.3% grounder rate) and has at times run into considerable home run troubles, as one might expect for a low-velocity righty with a penchant for airborne contact.

Curry has appeared in 10 games, nine of them starts, with the Mets’ Syracuse affiliate. He’s been tagged for a 4.74 ERA but has been better of late, logging a 3.86 ERA and 21-to-9 K/BB ratio over his past 30 1/3 frames. Curry has experience working both as a starter and reliever. He last pitched on July 3, so he’s rested and should be available for whatever the Mets need of him today.

Curry does have one minor league option remaining, so while it doesn’t seem likely to be a long big league stint for him (based on how the Mets use their final couple bullpen spots), he could be optioned rather than designated for assignment if the Mets want to ship him out for another fresh arm after a long relief outing. That doesn’t entirely rule out an eventual DFA, of course; Seelinger had a full slate of three minor league options.

As for Warren, his injury (first reported by The Athletic’s Will Sammon) will subtract one of the team’s steadier arms. Granted, Warren’s 4.63 ERA doesn’t look like much, but that number has nearly doubled within the past week — presumably due at least in part to this injury. In 24 appearances from the time of his mid-April call to the majors through late June, Warren pitched to a 2.45 ERA (33 innings) with a 25.9% strikeout rate and 11.6% walk rate. He’s since given up nine runs in just two innings while fanning only one of his 18 opponents.

Given the stark decline in performance, it’s not all that surprising to hear that Warren is being impacted by a physical issue. The Mets have yet to provide further details or offer a potential timetable for Warren’s recovery. Interim skipper Andy Green will presumably do so prior to today’s game, unless Warren is still set for further testing at that time.

Though the Mets themselves haven’t provided more info, MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo spoke to the pitcher himself. Warren didn’t offer a specific diagnosis, but DiComo notes that the right-hander was emotional when explaining the injury/symptoms and revealing that he’d undergone an MRI. It seems there’s some clear concern for Warren himself, who underwent Tommy John surgery earlier in his career.