ATLANTA — Luis Guillorme wasn’t sure the Mets would keep him this season, and the pain didn’t ease when he learned the club didn’t offer him a bid.
The reserve infielder, now a member of the Braves, was asked Monday if he was upset with the Mets’ decision.
“I would say that,” Guillorme said from his locker at Twist Park before the Mets defeated the Braves, 8-7. “I’ve been there for a long time. It’s just weird not to be there. It’s kind of weird, especially to get a call and not come back anymore.”
Guillaume, 29, appeared in 54 games for the Mets last season, playing second base, shortstop and third base, hitting .224/.288/.327.
However, Guillorme appeared in just three games in September after recovering from a right calf strain. His first signing for the club could be over.
“New guys wanted their players,” Guillorme said of president of baseball operations David Stearns. “And it was one of those things that could have gone either way. You know it’s going to happen, you know it’s not going to happen.”
After non-tendering Guillaume, the Mets signed Joey Wendle to a one-year contract worth $2 million to essentially play the same role.
Guillaume received a one-year contract worth $1.1 million from the Braves.
“For the last 11 years of my life, I’ve known one thing and one thing only,” said Guillaume, who was drafted by the Mets in the 10th round in 2013. The team, the same people around me, the same place. There are still adjustments left to be made. It’s early. ”
Cole Sulcer was selected from Triple-A Syracuse and Johan Ramirez was designated for assignment to give the Mets another bullpen arm.
Ramirez remained in Saturday’s game and pitched two innings against the Reds, as the Mets’ bullpen was short-handed. He allowed five earned runs in that stretch and took the loss.
Coach Carlos Mendoza said Julio Teheran was scheduled to make his first start of the season and the team needed defense in the bullpen, but Ramirez would not have been ready.
Teheran signed with the Mets last week after opting out of his contract with the Orioles in spring training.
The Braves celebrated 50 years since Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s all-time record.
As part of the ceremony, fans lined up on the field holding cutout displays numbered 1-715. Aaron finished his career with 755 home runs, 45 of which were hit in 188 games with the Mets.
