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Bader has never really made it to significant with the bat, but he does have a nice platoon split, hitting about .815 against lefties. So if they can join him with a decent lefty bat (Taylor's .752 against RHP is hardly All-Star, but it's better than Bader), he can help fill a hole.

The Mets also nabbed SS Diego Castillo on waivers. Castillo, 26, had a rancid half-season for the Pirates in 2022, but posted a lovely .310/.431/.410 for Reno last season, with the caveat that it's the PCL and it's RENO. (He was 0-for-3 as a Snake.) Still, he can provide competition at reserve IF.

Current 40-man Roster:

SP: Kodai Senga
SP: Jose Quintana
SP: Adrien Houser
SP Luis Severe No
SP: Joey "46 awesome IP" Lucchesi

SP, other: Jose Bútto, Tylor Megill, David Peterson (INJ)

CL: Edwin "Where's the Spider-Tac, Jer?" Diaz
RP: Brooks Raley, Scourge of the Homosexuals
RP: Drew Smith, the Legacy of Lucas Duda
RP: Jorge Lopez, dreaming Happy Dreams of '22
RP: Yohan Ramirez

RP, other: Austin "HPB" Adams, Phil Bickford, Reed Garrett, Grant Hartwig, Sean Reid-Foley, Michael "Ka-Boom!" Tonkin, Josh Walker

C: Alvarez
reserve C: Tyler Heiney-man, who would make a fine battery with Butt-o
about as good as what comes out of Heiney-man's Butt-o: Narvaez

1B: Kingman
2B: Squirrel
SS: Francisco "30/30/34 million" Lindor
3B: Mauricio, I guess
reserve 3B: Baty
reserve reserve 3B: Vientos
reserve reserve reserve 3B: Wendle, with reservations

reserve DP guys, Zack Shortstop, Castillo

down on the farm: Acuna

CF: Mr. Pointy
useful spares: Bader, Taylor
useless spare: the broken corpse of Starling Marte
spare us, please: the immortal D.J. Stewart, Cooper Hummel

Back to Brooklyn, kid: Alex Ramirez.

Better than before, I guess. 79-83?