Overview
- On July 25 the Mets sent pitching prospects Wellington Aracena and Cameron Foster to Baltimore in exchange for left-handed reliever Gregory Soto.
- Soto has a 3.96 ERA in 36 1/3 innings this season and provides a second southpaw in high-leverage situations alongside Brooks Raley.
- President David Stearns publicly pledged to strengthen a bullpen that has suffered injuries to key arms including A.J. Minter and Dedniel Nunez.
- The trade gives New York a narrow half-game advantage over the Philadelphia Phillies atop the National League East standings.
- Baltimore, mired in last place in the AL East, initiated its anticipated deadline sell-off by converting Soto’s arbitration status into two prospects.