May 15 : The Mets made the moves for Wendle, Vientos, Lucchesi and Ramrez official today. They also optioned right-hander and recalled right-hander . Butts option may be slightly surprising since he has a 3.08 ERA on the year, but thats despite a 13.5% walk rate. The Mets have both and on rehab a signments and they could be options to rejoin the rotation soon. May 14 : The Mets are designating veteran infielder for a signment, as first reported ( ) by Ben Yoel. SNYs o reported earlier this evening ( ) that New York was planning Christian Arroyo Jersey to recall from Triple-A Syracuse before tomorrow nights matchup with the Phillies. Thats not the only forthcoming roster move. report that New York will recall left-hander to make tomorrows start. Righty reliever will be designated for a signment as the corresponding move, according to the Post. Wendle had a disappointing tenure in Queens. New York signed the former All-Star to a $2MM free agent deal. It was a buy-low move after he slumped to a .212/.248/.306 line in 112 games for the Marlins a year ago. Wendle wasnt out to a much better start this season. In 18 contests, he hit .222/.243/.250 with one extra-base hit (a double). He punched out nine times and drew one walk in 37 trips to the plate. New York signed Wendle largely for his defensive flexibility. He has generally rated as an above-average to plus defender throughout the infield in his career. He struggled on that side of the ball during his very brief stint in Queens, committing three errors in 89 innings. The Mets stuck with Wendle over two weeks ago, but theyll now move forward without a clear backup shortstop behind . Swapping Vientos in for Wendle provides more offensive upside to s infield. The 24-year-old is out to another nice start in Syracuse, hitting .284/.376/.500 with six homers in 31 games. While Vientos is striking out at a lofty 28.6% clip, he has consistently hit for power in parts of four Triple-A seasons. That has yet to translate to MLB succe s, but hes clearly a higher-ceiling bat than Wendle at this point. has been the primary third baseman in Queens. The former top prospect hasnt hit well, turning in a .236/.299/.325 line through 135 plate appearances. Hell stick on the roster but could lose some at-bats to Vientos, particularly against left-handed pitching. Philadelphia will turn to southpaw tomorrow, so it seems likely Vientos will get the nod at the hot corner. Lucchesi will take the ball against Surez in whatll be his season debut. The southpaw has started seven games for Syracuse, working to a 2.58 ERA over 38 1/3 innings. He also had a 2.89 mark in nine big league starts last season, though he hasnt mi sed many bats at either level. Lucchesi fanned 16.4% of MLB opponents last season and has a 17.8% strikeout rate in Triple-A this year. Its po sible this proves to be a spot start. was originally supposed to take the ball on Wednesday, but that plans changed when the righty warmed up for po sible relief work in todays game. While Houser didnt enter the game, he threw enough in the bullpen to take him out of the running to start tomorrow. That proved to be an unfortunate sequence of events for Ramrez, who cedes his roster spot to Lucchesi. This will be the third DFA of the season for the 29-year-old, who cant be optioned to the minor leagues. Its the second time the Mets have cut him loose. Ramrez started the year in Queens and was DFA within a few weeks. New York traded him to the Orioles and claimed him back last week after Baltimore waived him. Around the roster shuffling, Ramrez has to sed 14 1/3 innings over 10 appearances. Despite striking out 17 of 65 opponents (a strong 26.2% rate), he has conceded 11 runs. Ramrez has mid-90s velocity and has mi sed bats at a roughly average level in the majors, but he has walked more than 12% of batters faced over his career. The Mets will have a week to trade or waive both Wendle and Ramrez once they officially announce the DFAs. Wendle has more than enough service time to decline a minor league a signment while retaining his salary, so hed very likely become a free agent if no team swings a trade for him. The moves will drop New Yorks 40-man roster tally to 38. Hirokazu Sawamura Jersey