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The Major League Baseball Players Association announced 11 players have been added to the free agent pool including Chris Bassitt from the Mets. The Mets and Bassitt had a mutual option at $19 million for the 2023 season that Chris has declined and he will receive a $150K buyout.

Bassitt, 33, was acquired by the Mets earlier this year in March from the Oakland A’s for right-hander pitching prospects Adam Oller and J.T. Ginn. Bassitt pitched to a 3.42 ERA in a career-high 181 2/3 innings for the Mets this season. The veteran righty struck out 167 batters, allowed only 49 walks, and gave up `59 hits. He also reached the 30-start plateau for the first time in his career and had a career-best 48.8% ground ball rate.

However, Bassitt did struggle in his two starts of the season going a combined 6 2/3 innings with seven runs allowed against the Braves on October 2 and then in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series vs the Padres.

The Mets will almost certainly give Bassitt the $19.6 million qualifying offer that he will likely decline in favor of a deal longer than one year.

This is the Mets’ updated free-agent list:

The Mets now have 11 free agents, the most in Major League Baseball ahead of the Yankees and Dodgers at 10 each. The Mets were able to keep that number from getting to 12 by re-signing star closer Edwin Díaz to a five-year, $102 million deal before he hit the open market.

The New York Post’s expert contract predictions–that had Díaz at five years, $105 million– believe that Bassitt will get around three-years, $66 million. Bassitt will be hitting the free agent market for the first time with a career 3.45 ERA over 136 big league games between the White Sox, A’s, and Mets. The 2.7 fWAR he posted this season is the second-highest of his career behind the 3.3 fWAR he put up during the 2021 season in Oakland.