3/11/2023: Mets Roster Moves: Butto assigned to AAA Syracuse, Hartwig and others assigned to minor camp.

 

The New York Mets have announced the following roster moves via twitter:

"RHP José Butto has been optioned to Triple-A. The following players have been reassigned to minor league camp - RHP Connor Grey, RHP Grant Hartwig, RHP Eric Orze, LHP Josh Walker, C Kevin Parada and OF Alex Ramírez."

These were the first roster cuts of Spring 2023 for the Mets.

None of these were surprises. Other teams started making cuts earlier this week. The Mets were keeping players to make up for the loss of players participating in the WBC. In the past, even when players have been reassigned during Spring, they sometimes still show up in the MLB Spring games based on need.

Jose Butto recently struggled against the Venezuelan WBC team - allowing 5 earned runs in 2 innings on 5 hits, 2 HRs, with 4 walks and 2 Ks.

Jose Butto's Spring Stats from Baseball Reference:

2023 Spring Training

Year	Tm	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	OppQual
2023	NYM	25	1	0	0		4.91	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	2	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	15	1.091	4.9	0.0	4.9	17.2	3.50	7.8

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 3/11/2023.