10/23/25: Mets Roster Moves - Mets Resign LHP Richard Lovelady

 

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The New York Mets announced today that they have signed Richard Lovelady to a Major League contract.  The move is significant for Lovelady after he had signed a minor league deal with Minnesota after being designated for assignment by Toronto in March 2025.  After he opted out of the deal with the Twins, he signed with the Mets.  The Mets then designated Lovelady three different times during the season as they shuffled him back and forth to Syracuse, calling him up when needed.

After being designated for assignment on September 25, 2025, he opted for free agency.

If he doesn't make the Major League Roster in Spring Training, he will need to be designated for assignment once again.

He will provide Left-Handed depth for the Mets as the only other Lefty relief pitcher not on the IL on the Mets 40-Man roster is Brooks Raley.  

Lovelady appeared in 8 games for the Mets last year, 10 innings, 6.30 ERA while pitching to a 2.08 ERA in 16 games for Syracuse.  

Register Pitching

Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	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
2019	23	-5.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	3	.000	7.65	7.65	25	0	5	0	0	0	20.0	30	17	17	2	8	2	17	1	0	1	96	1.900	13.5	0.9	3.6	7.7	2.13
2020	24	-4.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2021	25	-3.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	2	0	1.000	3.48	3.92	20	0	2	0	0	1	20.2	16	9	8	3	6	1	23	1	0	1	84	1.065	7.0	1.3	2.6	10.0	3.83
2023	27	-1.7	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	3	.000	4.63	5.01	27	0	3	0	0	0	23.1	15	13	12	3	10	0	24	3	0	0	96	1.071	5.8	1.2	3.9	9.3	2.40
2024	28	-1.0	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	3	5	.375	3.77	4.08	28	0	8	0	0	2	28.2	25	13	12	2	9	1	20	2	0	1	119	1.186	7.8	0.6	2.8	6.3	2.22
2024	28	-1.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	1	.000	7.94	7.94	7	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	5	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	28	1.941	14.3	1.6	3.2	9.5	3.00
2025	29	1.7	St. Paul	IL	AAA	MIN	0	1	.000	1.31	2.61	19	0	8	0	0	6	20.2	15	6	3	2	7	0	22	0	0	1	83	1.065	6.5	0.9	3.0	9.6	3.14
2025	29	1.7	Syracuse	IL	AAA	NYM	0	0		2.08	2.08	16	1	6	0	0	2	17.1	12	4	4	2	6	0	18	3	0	0	69	1.038	6.2	1.0	3.1	9.3	3.00
2025	29	-0.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	0		6.30	7.20	8	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	8	7	3	4	0	9	1	0	0	45	1.400	9.0	2.7	3.6	8.1	2.25
2025	29	-0.2	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	1	.000	21.60	21.60	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	4	4	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	12	2.400	10.8	0.0	10.8	16.2	1.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	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
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		5	13	.278	5.35	5.68	118	0	18	0	0	3	111.0	108	70	66	15	42	4	102	11	0	3	484	1.351	8.8	1.2	3.4	8.3	2.43

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Generated 10/23/2025.

Platoon Splits

I	Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	SO/W	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	vs RHB	108	269	235	46	65	16	0	12	5	0	25	53	2.12	.277	.345	.498	.842	117	9	2	2	5	4	1	.303	120
	vs LHB	110	215	186	18	43	9	1	3	2	2	17	49	2.88	.231	.321	.339	.660	63	1	9	0	3	0	1	.292	75

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Generated 10/23/2025.