1:23pm: Its a one-year, $2.5MM deal for Teheran that comes with an additional $450K available in incentives, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com . With six days of the season already elapsed, thatd come out to $2.419MM in prorated, guaranteed money for Teheran (a suming the deal becomes official today). The Mets are in the fourth and final tier of luxury penalization and are in their third straight year of penalization, meaning theyre paying a 110% tax on any dollars spent. Thats about $2.661MM in taxes, bringing the total tab on Teheran to about $5.08MM for the Mets. 12:50pm: The Mets have agreed to a deal with free agent righty , Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The Mato Sports Management client opted out of a minor league deal with the Orioles late in camp and has been exploring the market for new opportunities. Its a big league deal for Teheran, , who reported earlier in the week that the Mets . After barely seeing the big leagues in 2021-22, the 33-year-old had a somewhat resurgent year with the 2023 Brewers where current Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns previously ran baseball operations (and served in an advisory capacity last year). The former Braves top prospect to sed 71 2/3 innings with a 4.40 ERA in Milwaukee, striking out just 17.4% of his opponents but offsetting that lackluster mark with a sterling 4.5% walk rate. Formerly one of the games top-ranked prospects, Teheran broke into the Scott Erickson Jersey majors and hit the ground running in Atlanta. From 2013-14, he posted a 3.03 ERA in 63 starts. Over a seven-year period in Atlanta, spanning 2013-19, Teheran worked to an overall 3.64 ERA in 1334 innings. Hes never mi sed bats at an especially premium level, but Teheran has long had strong command and, at least earlier in his career, excelled at avoiding hard contact. That said, last years showing in Milwaukee was the first time Teheran has had any consistent succe s since making 33 starts with a 3.81 ERA for the 2019 Braves. He signed a one-year deal in Anaheim prior to the 2020 season but was shelled for an ERA north of 10.00 in his 31 1/3 frames. The Mets rotation has been hit hard by injuries early on. suffered a shoulder strain early in spring training, leading to a nearly month-long shutdown. (Hes since resumed throwing.) That injury pushed into the starting rotation, but he suffered a shoulder strain on his own in his first start of the season and and in the midst of a weeklong shutdown period himself. Presumably, given that this is a big league deal and that Teheran got some work in with Baltimore during spring training, hell be an option to step into the fifth rotation spot in Queens. Teheran pitched 13 1/3 official innings with the Orioles in camp, holding opponents to five runs (3.38 ERA) on nine hits albeit with a lackluster 10-to-7 K/BB ratio in that time (17.5% strikeout rate, 12.3% walk rate). If he indeed steps onto the starting staff, Teheran will be joined by , , and . Matt Bowman Jersey