The Mets announced on Friday that outfielder Taylor Kohlwey, RHP Chad Smith and LHP Nate Lavender were reassigned to minor league camp.
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Kohlwey joined the Mets in December after spending parts of eight seasons in the San Diego Padres organization and went 2-for-11 this spring with a walk and three strikeouts.
Smith also signed with the club in December and appeared in 10 games at the major league level with the Oakland Athletics last season before pitching a scoreless inning with a strikeout this spring.
Lavender was a 14th round pick of the Mets in 2021 and pitched two scoreless innings with four punchouts.
In other moves, outfielder Alex Ramírez (4-for-11, a walk and three strikeouts) was optioned to Double-A Binghamton while RHP Grant Hartwig (three scoreless innings, one strikeout and a save) and LHP Josh Walker (three innings, four unearned runs and four strikeouts) were both optioned to Triple-A Syracuse.
The moves come less than three weeks before Opening Day as the Mets inch closer to finalizing their initial 26-man roster.
