The Yankees have won the Battle of New York for veteran reliever Justin Wilson.
The leftists reached an agreement with the Yankees on Monday, confirmed Joel Sherman of The Post, after also receiving interest from the Mets.
The terms of the agreement, which is pending a physical contract, were not immediately clear.
Wilson, 33, has played for the Mets for the past two seasons and spent the 2015 season in the Bronx.
Wilson achieved an ERA of 2.91 in innings of 58 ² / over during his two seasons with the Mets. In what has been a fairly quiet season for the Yankees, Wilson joins Darren O’Day as additions to the Yankees ’bullring. The Yankees traded Adam Ottavino and most of his $ 9 million contract with the Red Sox to open free agent dollars.
The Mets bull suffered a potentially critical blow with the news that Seth Lugo had been locked up for six weeks when he was recovering from surgery to remove a bony spur from his right elbow. The Mets added veterans Mike Montgomery and Tommy Hunter as guests who weren’t part of the roster in spring training.