Grading the Mets’ Adam Ottavino signing

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty ImagesAfter making a bevvy of small signings and building a big heap of NRIs to churn, the Mets finally made a more substantial bullpen reinforcement and brought back Adam Ottavino on a one-year, $4.5M deal. It’s one of the odder deals of the offseason for sure; Ottavino originally opted out of his $6.75M player option earlier this offseason—it’s worth noting that a good chunk of that money was going to be deferred—and has cited uncertainty on the direction of the team as one of the primary reasons for that decision. Despite those and a handful of other thinly-veiled criticisms throughout the offseason, the 38-year-old right hander will now rejoin the late-inning mix for the Mets.

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