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MLB Saves Specialist Kimbrel Attending Spring Training With Mets on Minor League Deal

Kimbrel ranks fifth all-time among MLB relief pitchers with 440 saves, but his 2025 season was not promising. Can he help the retooled Mets reach the playoffs?
MLB Saves Specialist Kimbrel Attending Spring Training With Mets on Minor League Deal
Craig Kimbrel of the Baltimore Orioles pitches against the Rangers during the ninth inning at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on July 20, 2024. Ron Jenkins/Getty Images
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Craig Kimbrel will be going to spring training with the New York Mets as a nonroster invitee on a minor league deal.

According to multiple reports, including The Athletic and MLB Network, Kimbrel’s signing, if he makes the Mets’ 26-man roster, will pay him $2.5 million. Once spring training begins in two weeks, Kimbrel, the Mets, and the rest of the league will learn if the saves specialist has anything left in his pitching tank.

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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.