Addison Reed is on the move to his third team in as many years, as the New York Mets acquired the volatile reliever off waivers on Saturday from the Arizona Diamondbacks:

Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reported that the Mets put in claims on a lot of relievers, but Reed was their primary target. DiComo added that another move is not expected before Sept. 1.

The D-Backs acquired Reed from the Chicago White Sox in 2013 in the hopes that he would develop into one of the league’s best stoppers. The 26-year-old native of California has shown flashes of elite form, but inconsistency has been his Achilles’ heel.

Reed posted a career-high 40 saves in 2013 with the White Sox and followed that up with 32 more in his first season with Arizona, but the issues were obvious as he went 1-7 with a 4.25 ERA in 2014.

The Diamondbacks decided to give him another crack at the closer’s job at the start of the 2015 season, but he was quickly supplanted by Brad Ziegler, who has been dominant ever since.

The talented righty’s 2015 performance was so poor, in fact, that the team sent him down to Triple-A in June. Prior to that decision, he was 2-2 with a 5.92 ERA and just two saves.

Following the demotion, Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale expressed hope that Reed would return in much better form, according to Nick Piecoro of AZCentral Sports:

We expect him to be back here. What I told him was that we need him. We need him to be Addison Reed, the good pitcher that we had. If we don’t get that, then we’re not going to be as successful as we want to be. He needs to go get it straight. He was very professional about it. He understood he has not been doing what he needs to do. He’s going to go down there and get better.

That ultimately came true as Reed’s ERA has since improved to 4.20, and that figure is a bit deceiving as he boasts a 3.12 FIP, per Baseball-Reference.com.

Even with that improvement, Reed still cleared waivers earlier in the month.

Reed’s name came up in trade talks during the 2014 campaign as well, when ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark reported that the D-Backs informed teams they would be willing to move Reed if the right deal came along.

The Diamondbacks couldn’t find an enticing enough offer prior to the trade deadline. However, they were able to get something done by waiting out the market, although the return was likely much smaller than it would have been previously.

Arizona’s bullpen has largely done a nice job since Reed’s demotion, and with no open spots for him in the pen, it is tough to blame the D-Backs for deciding to move on without him.

There is no question that the Diamondbacks are taking a risk since Reed has excellent stuff and has shown the ability to be a strong closer in the past, but he simply never seemed to be a good fit in the desert.

Meanwhile, he’ll provide another arm to the Mets’ bullpen. This stat from FanGraphs’ Brandon Warne will offer hope to Mets fans that Reed’s numbers will turn around since he won’t be playing the majority of his games in Phoenix anymore:

With Jenrry Mejia suspended for the remainder of the year and Bobby Parnell boasting a 5.59 ERA, you can understand why the team felt Reed is a necessary addition.

Reed won’t put New York over the top in the race for a World Series title, but he should further strengthen the Mets in the late innings.

 

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