Mets call up Austin Warren, place Joey Gerber on injured list

The Mets have placed right-handed relief pitcher Joey Gerber on the injured list with a right finger blister, and they’ve called up fellow right-handed relief pitcher Austin Warren to take his place on the active roster.

The team hadn’t made a roster move involving a pitcher until it called up Craig Kimbrel and designated Richard Lovelady for assignment on April 11. But Gerber replaced Luis García, who was also designated for assignment , on April 12, and now the bullpen churn continues with this move today.

Gerber threw two scoreless innings in the Mets’ loss to the Dodgers last night, and he struck out five, walked one, and gave up two hits in the process. As a pitcher with options, he will presumably end up back in the minors once his blister has recovered and figures to get called up to the Mets’ active roster again at some point this season.

As for Warren, he started the season in Triple-A Syracuse alongside Gerber. He did log 9.1 innings with the Mets at the major league level last year, and he had a 0.96 ERA and a 3.89 FIP in that tiny sample. He’s put up a 1.23 ERA and a 3.81 FIP in the 7.1 innings that he’s thrown out of the Syracuse bullpen so far this year.