NY Mets just made an even stranger roster move than demoting Tobias Myers

The New York Mets made a whole bunch of moves over the weekend with the headliner being the demotion of Tobias Myers following an unsuccessful relief appearance on Friday. With it came a few other moves including the promotion of lefty Cionel Perez and unexplainable DFA of Anderson Severino.

Transactions of this caliber must pass a couple of tests to get by the fans. Putting ourselves in David Stearns’ shoes, we can validate the Myers demotion if he’s getting stretched out or the simple fact he wouldn’t be available for the team for a couple more days anyway. Perez is simply someone they want to see. The Severino DFA is what seems almost irrational.

What are we missing with the Mets DFA’ing Anderson Severino?

With minor leaguers, the average fan needs to rely on results. A 1.31 ERA in Triple-A this year with 8.7 K/9 and high yet not outrageous 4.8 BB/9, Severino had all of the makings of becoming a Mets offseason gem.

The results were far better than his career numbers in Triple-A, not including a 5.85 ERA in 64.2 innings. The hard-throwing southpaw has struggled plenty with control, walking batters at a rate of 8.4 per 9 in those Triple-A outings. Everything was clicking for Severino this year. Coming off of successful stints in the Mexican Independent League and Dominican Winter Leagues with respective ERAs of 2.68 and 0.98, one would think the Mets would have had at least some level of interest in seeing what he could do out of their bullpen. They, instead, opted to promote Perez and his 6.19 ERA in the big leagues this season with the Washington Nationals.

Earlier this month, Severino was placed on the 40-man roster to put a stop to the opt out in his contract. One bad outing since the paper promotion, the quick turnaround to DFA him is a question that must be less about the player’s performance and more related to roster management.

The Mets have been cutting players from the roster like they’re deli meat this month. Craig Kimbrel and Austin Slater each caught on with the Tampa Bay Rays, the former on a major league deal. Severino should, undoubtedly, land on someone’s radar. The Rays or maybe even the Baltimore Orioles who have a knack for stealing dumped Mets players are a good early guess.

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