Breaking Trade News: NY Mets Acquire 2x All-Star Reliever from Orioles

The New York Mets were looking to boost their bullpen as we approach the trade deadline, and they've done so in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles, acquiring former two-time All-Star Gregory Soto.

Gregory Soto has reportedly been traded to the New York Mets. pic.twitter.com/jnYUFjq0xH
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) July 25, 2025

The Mets are sending prospects Wellington Aracena (#19 in their system) and Cameron Foster to the Orioles in exchange.

Soto was a closer with the Detroit Tigers a few years back, and recorded 48 saves over his two All-Star seasons in 2021 and '22.

The 30-year-old ranks in the 86th percentile in fastball velocity and the 94th percentile in limiting barrel contact this season, per Baseball Savant. He regularly records over a strikeout per inning, and he sits at 10.5 K/9 this year. It's the walks that can sometimes come back to bite him, which limits his ERA upside with a career 4.24 mark. He's at 3.96 this season, as he's issuing 4.5 walks per nine.

The Mets have doubled their Soto quotient