Arbitration numbers are coming in today and as expected, the New York Mets plan to pay a pair of injured pitchers in 2026 even with no plan of seeing them take the field. Tylor Megill and Reed Garrett were tendered contracts back in November despite both appearing unlikely to do anything more than rehab for the coming season.
This isn’t completely out of the ordinary as the Mets have even signed players in free agency with no intention of ever seeing them pitch. Drew Smith got a major league deal last winter only to sit out as he recovered from Tommy John surgery.