Mets Add Kimbrel, DFA Lovelady

0:00It's April 17th, I'm Cory with the story, and this is MLB News Today, your AI-powered baseball briefing. The match just called up Craig Kimbrill from the minors to their active roster, bringing in that veteran closer heat. To make room on the 26-man squad, they designated lefty Richard Love Lady for assignment. Love Lady's no stranger to this move. It's his ninth time getting DFA'd career-wide, with five coming from the match since they signed him last June. He's out of minor league options, so any team has to pass in through waivers first. This season, Love Lady posted a solid 3.68 ERA over seven in the third innings and six outings, inducing ground balls over half the time. His splits show Rides crushing him while lefty struggle. A throwback to the old lefty specialist days before the three-batter minimum killed that, robo. He's on a split deal worth $1 million on the active roster, or $350,000 in the minors. So he's likely to accept an outright assignment if he clears waivers and stays with New York.

1:03The meds keep shuffling him as bullpen depth, even after that back-and-forth claim with the nationals earlier this year. Expect Love Lady to stick around the organization one way or another, while Kimbrill slots right into the late innings for the Amazons push.