NEW YORK (AP) — Luke Weaver has agreed to a two-year, $22 million deal with the New York Mets, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Weaver thus joined Clay Holmes and Devin Williams as former Yankees on a revamped pitching staff.
The source who provided the information spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was subject to a successful physical examination.
Weaver, a 32-year-old right-hander, replaced the struggling Holmes as the Yankees’ closer in September 2024. At the beginning of 2025 he was replaced by Williams, although the change was reversed due to the latter’s problems at the end of last April.
But on June 1, Weaver suffered a strain in his left thigh.
Weaver had a 1.05 ERA and eight saves in nine opportunities over 24 games before getting hurt. He returned in late June and posted a 5.31 ERA with no saves three times over 40 games.
In 2024, Weaver was 7-3 with a 2.89 ERA and four saves during the season and 1-0 with a 1.76 ERA in four postseason games. He allowed a two-run homer to Cleveland’s Jhonkensy Noel with two outs in the ninth inning to tie Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.
The Yankees lost that game when David Fry hit a home run off Holmes in the tenth.
Weaver, a ten-year Major League veteran, has a 38-49 record with a 4.74 ERA and 12 saves for St. Louis (2016-18), Arizona (2019-22), Kansas City (2022), Cincinnati (2023), Seattle (2023) and the Yankees.
Holmes agreed to a three-year, $38 million contract last December and was moved into the rotation. Williams signed a three-year, $51 million deal this month.
Other former Yankees who have joined the Mets in recent years include standout Dominican outfielder Juan Soto, Venezuelan catcher Luis Torrens and manager Carlos Mendoza, also from Venezuela.
After missing the playoffs, the Mets lost Puerto Rican closer Edwin Díaz last week when he agreed to a three-year, $69 million contract with the two-time reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Additionally, the Mets lost first baseman Pete Alonso to Baltimore to a five-year, $155 million contract and traded outfielder Brandon Nimmo to Texas for Gold Glove-winning second baseman Marcus Semien.
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