Mets Roster Central: Catcher Carousel

After splitting six games on what feels like their 75th West Coast swing of the season, the Mets come home to news of their hardy starting catcher being reactivated.  With rehabilitating players starting to filter back in, no further games to play out of the Eastern and Central Time Zones, and a bunch of games up ahead against teams they are chasing, things have to be looking up, right?

Right?

Transactions, 6/6/2026

GOING

Released

Relief Pitchers

Anderson Severino

L/L DoB: 1994-09-17 High Level: MLB (2022)

As Anderson Severino put up a 1.31 ERA in Syracuse, only to see the Mets, looking to add another lefty reliever to their staff, add Cionel Perez instead, and take away his 40-Player roster spot to do it (ouch!), he could clearly see the writing on the wall.  His release comes at his request as his agent has been fielding interest from NPB teams.

I don't know if I'd rather be an Orix Buffalo than a Syracuse Met, but the pay is surely better.  Should a Japanese contract be in the offing, it will be the sixth country in which a team has employed Anderson.

Transactions, 6/9/2026

GOING	COMING	COMING
Demoted to Syracuse	Ended Rehab Assignment and Activated from Injured List	Signed away from New York (Frontier League) and Assigned to St. Lucie
Catchers
Hayden Senger	Francisco Alvarez	Jack Scanlon
R/R DoB: 1997-04-03 High Level: MLB (2026)	R/R DoB: 2001-11-01 High Level: MLB (2026)	L/R DoB: 2001-05-17 High Level: Frontier League (2026)

A special congratulations to Hayden Senger who returns from his latest emergency stint at backup catcher with his first MLB homer under his belt.  As the big fly was one of only two hits for Hayden in 15 at-bats, he is still proving to be far from a serviceable bat at the top level.

But, hey!  He pulled off two sacrifice bunts.

The real news in the Catcher Carousel, of course, is the return of Francisco Alvarez, far ahead of schedule, as is his modus operandi.  More power to him, with the hope that he continues the other half of that MO, which is returning from absences with a hot bat and a head screwed on straight.  He's got MVP ability but as long as he swings from his heels every time, he's barely keeping his head above the liability level — and the Mets already have their share of those.

It's probably just a coincidence that the day the Mets swapped out one catcher for another, they additionally signed a backstop out of The Frontier League.  Jack Scanlon has been tearing it up (.333 / .423 / .656 // 1.079) for The New York Boulders this season, which says a lot about the benefits of home cooking, as the Boulderinos play in Pomona, NY, only 10 miles or so from Suffern, the Rockland County burg in which Jack went to high school.

Jack initially reports to St. Lucie, but after a five-year college career (in both The Pac 12 and The ACC), along with two partial seasons of Indy Ball, the Mets probably have him ticketed for a higher level.

Your 2026 New York Mets

	Starting Pitchers
	Sean Manaea	Nolan McLean	Freddy Peralta	David Peterson	Christian Scott
	R/L DoB: 1992-02-01	R/R DoB: 2001-07-24	R/R DoB: 2996-06-04	L/L DoB: 1995-09-03	R/R DoB: 1999-06-15
Relief Pitchers
Huascar Brazobán	Joey Gerber	A.J. Minter	Cionel Pérez	Brooks Raley	Austin Warren	Luke Weaver
R/R DoB: 1989-10-15	R/R DoB: 1997-05-03	L/L DoB: 1993-09-02	R/L DoB: 35176	L/L DoB: 1988-06-29	R/R DoB: 1996-02-05	R/R DoB: 1993-08-21
Relief Pitchers	Catchers		Infielders
Devin Williams	Francisco Alvarez	Luís Torrens	Bo Bichette	Brett Baty	Vidal Brujan	Marcus Semien
R/R DoB: 1994-09-21	R/R DoB: 2001-11-01	R/R DoB: 1996-05-02	R/R DoB: 1998-03-05	L/R DoB: 1999-11-13	S/R DoB: 1998-02-09	R/R DoB: 1990-09-17
Infielders		Outfielders
Mark Vientos	Eric Wagaman	Carson Benge	A.J. Ewing	MJ Melendez	Juan Soto	Jared Young
R/R DoB: 1993-12-11	R/R DoB: 1997-08-14	L/R DoB: 2003-01-20	L/R DoB: 2004-08-10	L/R DoB: 1993-11-29	L/L DoB: 1998-10-25	L/R DoB: 1995-07-09

Also on 40-Player Roster

Starting Pitchers					Relief Pitchers
Clay Holmes	Tylor Megill	Kodai Senga	Zach Thornton	Jonah Tong	Alex Carrillo	Daniel Duarte
R/R DoB: 1993-03-27	R/R DoB: 1995-07-28	L/R DoB: 1993-01-30	L/L DoB: 2002-01-17	R/R DoB: 2003-06-19	R/R DoB: 1997-06-06	R/R DoB: 1996-12-04
Relief Pitchers						Catchers
Reed Garrett	Justin Hagenman	Tobias Myers	Dedniel Núñez	Jonathan Pintaro	Dylan Ross	Hayden Senger
R/R DoB: 1993-01-02	R/R DoB: 1996-10-07	R/R DoB: 1998-08-05	R/R DoB: 1996-06-05	R/R DoB: 1997-11-07	R/R DoB: 2000-09-01	R/R DoB: 1997-04-03
Infielders			Outfielders
Francisco Lindor	Ronny Mauricio	Jorge Polanco	Nick Morabito	Luis Robert, Jr.	Tyrone Taylor
S/R DoB: 1993-11-14	S/R DoB: 2001-04-04	S/R DoB: 1999-11-13	R/R DoB: 2003-05-07	R/R DoB: 1997-08-03	R/R DoB: 1994-01-22

Your Mets Coaching Staff

Manager	Bench Coach	Pitching Coach	Hitting Coordinator	Third Base Coach	First Base Coach	Bullpen Coach	Ass't Pitching Coach
Carlos Mendoza	Kai Correa	Justin Willard	Jeff Albert	Tim Leiper	Gilbert Gomez	José Rosado	Dan McKinney
DoB: 1979-11-27	DoB: 1989-07-14	DoB: 1990-09-09	DoB: 1992-08-16	DoB: 1996-07-19	DoB: 1992-03-08	DoB: 1974-11-09	DoB: 1989-06-06
Hitting Coach	Strategy Coach	Catching Coach	Coaching Assistant	Bat'g Practice Pitcher	Equipment Manager	Bullpen Catchers	Bullpen Catchers
Troy Snitker	Danny Barnes	J.P. Arencibia	Rafael Fernandez	Kevin Mahoney	Kevin Kierst	Eric Langill	Dave Racaniello
DoB: 1988-12-05	DoB: 1989-10021	DoB: 1986-01-05	DoB: 1988-08-03	DoB: 1987-05-11	DoB: 1964-07-09	DoB: 1979-04-09	DoB: 1978-06-03

Your Mets Training Staff

Director of Player Health	Head Athletic Trainer	Assistant Athletic Trainer	Reconditioning Coordinator	Reconditioning Therapist	Head Performance Coach	Assistant Performance Coach	Performance Coordinator	Soft Tissue Specialist
Brian Chicklo	Joseph Golia	Bryan Baca	Sean Bardanett	Josh Bickel	Dustin Clarke	Tanner Miracle	Jeremy Chiang	Hiroto Kawamura
DoB: 1972-07-17	DoB: 1978-??-??	DoB: Circa 1980	DoB: 1988-06-23	DoB: 1996-??-??	DoB: 1987-??-??	DoB: 1991-??-??	DoB: ????-??-??	DoB: 1962-07-19