The New York Mets made a flurry of roster moves ahead of Wednesday night’s series opener at Citi Field against the Boston Red Sox, the most prominent being Jake Marisnick landing on the injured list with a left hamstring strain.
Marisnick, 29, was traded to New York this offseason and has gone 1-for-4 this season, appearing mostly as a late-inning defensive replacement.
To fill his place in the Mets’ outfield stable, the team activated Ryan Cordell from New York’s alternate training facility in Coney Island.
Cordell, 28, signed a minor league deal with the Mets this winter after hitting .205/.290/.355 over 116 games with the White Sox through the 2018 and 2019 seasons (.273/.334/.458 over seven MiLB seasons).
In order to add Cordell to the 40-man roster, the Mets were forced to designate right-hander Jordan Humphreys, the team’s 18th-round draft pick in 2015, for assignment.
After missing nearly two full seasons following surgery to repair the UCL in his right elbow in 2017, the 24-year-old allowed one run over two innings (two appearances) in his return to the GCL Mets last summer and gave up one run over 11.2 innings (8 K, 4 BB) in the Arizona Fall League last October.
In order to make it back to the Mets’ training site in Brooklyn and remain in the organization, Humphreys will need to pass through league waivers unclaimed.
We’ll keep you posted with more information as it becomes available.
