The Mets made another move on Thursday night, signing former Diamondbacks reliever Austin Adams to a one-year deal to join a bullpen that looked painfully shorthanded without Edwin Diaz last season.
Adams, 32, is certainly no high-profile addition, as he pitched to a 5.71 ERA in 24 appearances last year, his first year coming off forearm surgery that limited him to just two appearances in 2022.
With the signing of Adams coming on the heels of the additions of Luis Severino and Joey Wendle, Keith says this may be the Mets' new standard operating procedure under their new team president.
"I think it's a clear sign of the direction the Mets are going in under David Stearns," Keith said. "It's the exact opposite of the moves that were made under Eppler and Steve Cohen in the years before."
Stearns comes from a much smaller market in Milwaukee, but is now armed with the richest owner in baseball in Steve Cohen. But Keith believes, at least for this first year of the Stearns era, the team's additions may not be the flashiest, and certainly nothing like the previous two offseasons.
"If you needed any other indication that David Stearns is in the building, and he's going to add low-risk, potentially high-reward veterans, here's another guy where it's not gonna wow you," Keith said. "It's not gonna break the bank, but it's a guy to shore up the team and potentially help a weakness of the team."
