Having traded for left-handed relief pitcher Gregory Soto earlier today, the Mets have at least temporarily called up fellow lefty reliever José Castillo. The team has optioned right-handed reliever Alex Carrillo to Triple-A Syracuse and moved right-handed reliever Max Kranick to the 60-day injured list to make room for Castillo on the 26- and 40-man rosters, respectively.
Whether or not Castillo sticks around beyond Soto’s arrival with the team in the near future is a fair question. Picked up from the Diamondbacks in mid-May, Castillo threw 11.1 innings with the Mets with a 2.