After a deadline day that sent a wave of players out the door, the Mets are lining up a fresh batch of call-ups for tomorrow. Per Will Sammon, six players are set to join the club: Dedniel Núñez, Jefry Yan, Nate Lavender, Chayce McDermott, Xzavion Curry and Cristian Pache.
The timing suggests the roster picture is still shifting. New York has 21 players on its active roster at the time of this writing, and Curry was just optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on Friday. That leaves open the possibility that another pitcher could be headed to the injured list.
Núñez is the most familiar name of the group. He underwent Tommy John surgery last July and has been working back on a rehab assignment in the minors.
Across 13.0 innings, mostly with Syracuse, he’s posted a 4.15 ERA and a 3.81 FIP. Before the elbow injury, he gave the Mets 44.2 major league innings with a 2.82 ERA and a 2.62 FIP.
Yan is on the verge of a debut that has been a long time coming. The 29-year-old stepped away from baseball for a stretch in the late 2010s, then joined the Mets’ organization at the start of the 2026 season.
Since then, he’s put up eye-catching numbers between Double-A Binghamton and Syracuse: a 43.5% strikeout rate, a 15.8% walk rate, a 3.24 ERA and a 2.64 FIP in 41.2 innings. He’s also known for his eccentric strikeout celebrations.
Lavender is another name that will be new to big-league fans. The left-handed reliever has been in the Mets’ system since being drafted in 2021, but injuries have kept him off the field for long stretches.
He was limited to 7.0 innings in 2024 and missed all of the 2025 season. This year, he’s thrown 43.0 innings in the minors with a 3.77 ERA and a 2.78 FIP.
McDermott arrives via the deal that sent minor league catcher Ben Rortvedt back to the Dodgers today. The 27-year-old right-hander has logged 15.0 major league innings with the Orioles and Dodgers, but the results haven’t been pretty: a 12.00 ERA and an 8.74 FIP. In Triple-A this season, he’s recorded a 4.55 ERA and a 4.51 FIP across 31.2 innings.
Curry has already had a short run with the Mets this year, throwing 11.0 innings with a 3.27 ERA and a 4.92 FIP since joining the organization. In Syracuse, he’s worked 51.1 innings with a 4.56 ERA and a 5.63 FIP.
Pache rounds out the group as a right-handed hitter who once carried top-100 prospect buzz from 2019 through 2022 while in the Braves’ system. The 27-year-old has 610 plate appearances in the majors and has hit .181/.243/.275 with a 46 wRC+. His numbers in Syracuse this season haven’t moved the needle much either, as he’s hit .232/.289/.356 with a 62 wRC+.
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