Mets signed RHP Clay Holmes to a three-year, $38 million contract.
The deal, which was originally agreed to last week, and also includes an opt-out following the 2026 season, is now official. The Mets are planning to turn Holmes, who threw a sinker, slider and sweeper last year in relief with the Yankees, back into a starting pitcher next season and we’ve witnessed several prominent examples — most notably Michael King, Seth Lugo, Reynaldo López and Jeffrey Springs — in recent years of this transition working out for fantasy purposes. The 31-year-old ground-ball machine broke into the big leagues as a starter back in 2018 with the Pirates, but has spent the last three seasons as the Yankees’ primary closer. It’ll be extremely difficult to gauge his viability as a fantasy contributor until we see Holmes in action during spring training. For now, he’s at least worthy of a late-round dart throw in deeper mixed leagues.