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The Mets' bullpen makeup is one of the organization's remaining unanswered questions coming into the 2023 regular season, and the team made a few roster changes on Sunday that clarified the issue.
Non-roster relievers T.J McFarland and Jimmy Yacabonis have been transferred to minor league camp, while right-handed reliever Jeff Brigham has been optioned to Triple-A Syracuse.
With these transactions, the Mets appear to have four relievers competing for three bullpen spots: John Curtiss, Elieser Hernandez, Stephen Nogosek, and newcomer Dennis Santana.
Buck Showalter then informed reporters on Sunday afternoon that Hernandez and Tylor Megill are more likely to be starters than relievers, and that the Mets will most likely use an eight-man bullpen.
Putting it all together, it appears like the Mets will start the season with an eight-man bullpen consisting of David Robertson, Adam Ottavino, Brooks Raley, Drew Smith, Tommy Hunter, Curtiss, Nogosek, and Santana.
Brigham, 31, pitched in eight games with a 3.12 ERA for the Mets in spring. He struck out 12 batters and walked four, limiting opponents to a.161 average. Brigham is still expected to play in the Mets' big-league bullpen at some point this season, but he'll start in Syracuse.
McFarland, a veteran lefty, appeared in eight games for the Mets this spring, pitching to a 5.40 ERA. Yacabonis, meanwhile, recorded a 3.38 ERA in 8.0 innings this spring.
INF Danny Mendick optioned
Just ahead of Sunday's matchup with the Miami Marlins, the Mets optioned infielder Danny Mendick to Triple-A Syracuse.
Mendick, 29, had an outside chance to make the team as a utility player off the bench, but he will start the season at Syracuse. In 10 games this spring, Mendick slashed .200/.259/.360 with one homer, two RBI, and three runs scored.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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