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One of the runs scored on a Ronald Acuña Jr. single. It’s Alzolay’s first game action since May 2024, so he was bound to be a little rusty. The former Cubs closer has a chance to be a big part of the Mets bullpen next season, probably in a setup role.

Alzolay missed the entirety of the 2025 season while recovering from Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery. The 30-year-old signed a two-year minor league deal with the Mets, and assuming no setbacks this winter, he has a chance to help the New York bullpen — possibly in a high-leverage role — in 2026.

New York shipped the majority of their top prospects over the minor-league camp during their latest batch of spring cuts. Sproat is the major headliner here after impressing last Friday in a pair of scoreless frames against the Nationals. Tidwell fired an immaculate inning and struck out five over two frames over the weekend against the Rays. Meanwhile, Clifford, Gilbert and Williams have a shot at ascending to the big leagues at some point in the near future.

The 29-year-old hurler is in the process of recovering from Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery and is expected to miss most — if not all — of the 2025 season. He’ll get to rehab with the Mets for the 2025 campaign and then slot into their bullpen for the 2026 campaign. No word yet on the financials of the pact.

This was a formality after all of these players were DFA’d to open up 40-man roster spots on Tuesday. They’re officially free agents now. It sounds like the Cubs are hoping Alzolay returns, but Wisdom is likely to head elsewhere.

The move is now official. Alzolay opened last year as Chicago’s closer, but lost his grip on the role and eventually wound up undergoing Tommy John surgery in August. The 29-year-old former stopper is likely to miss most of, if not all, of the upcoming season. There’s most likely an organization out there willing to bring him in for his rehabilitation process and roll the dice on him returning to form.

Alzolay underwent Tommy John surgery in August and won’t be able to pitch until the end of 2025 at the earliest, with a good chance he won’t be ready until 2026. The right-hander would have been due a raise on his $2.1 million salary of 2024, and now likely will be signed to a two-year deal — with the majority of that cash coming not in 2025 — with a new club.

It was announced last week that Alzolay would undergo some season-ending procedure but not what that procedure would be. Tommy John surgery will put him out for most of next year, leaving the Cubs with a tough decision over whether to keep him around at something very close to his 2024 salary of $2.11 million in the hopes that he’ll make a bigger contribution in 2026, his final year before free agency.

Alzolay suffered a setback earlier this week during his rehabilitation from a forearm strain that’s kept him on the shelf since mid-May. No word yet on the exact nature of the procedure, but it’s likely that Alzolay is facing a significant absence, and is definitely finished for the remainder of the current season. There should be additional updates on his status in the coming days.

Alzolay has missed 2 1/2 months with a forearm strain. Any sort of significant setback would probably end his season.