Mets Sign Joey Wendle and Austin Adams to One-Year Contracts

Wendle to earn $2 million with potential for additional $500,000 in performance bonuses; Adams joins work-in-progress bullpen.

The New York Mets have signed utility infielder Joey Wendle and reliever Austin Adams to one-year contracts.
Wendle, an All-Star in 2021 with Tampa Bay, will receive a $2 million salary with the opportunity to earn another $500,000 in performance bonuses based on plate appearances.
Wendle, who turns 34 in April, spent the past two seasons with Miami and is a strong defender and solid baserunner who has made at least 150 major league starts at shortstop, second base and third.
Adams, a right-hander, went 0-1 with a 5.71 ERA in 24 appearances this year for the NL champion Arizona Diamondbacks before his season ended due to a broken right ankle.
With the Mets, Adams joins a work-in-progress bullpen that includes star closer Edwin Díaz, lefty Brooks Raley and right-handers Drew Smith and Phil Bickford.