Flexen, who pitched in the Korea Baseball Organization in 2020, impressed manager Scott Servais with his two-inning Cactus League debut against the White Sox on Friday, Daniel Kramer of MLB.com reports. "I really like what I saw," Servais said. "I think he does it a little bit differently. He's got the higher arm slot, and we saw all four pitches today. Maybe not as good as command as he would've liked to have with the secondary pitches, but I really liked how he threw the ball."

EDGE Analysis

The Mariners took a two-year, $4.75 million flyer on Flexen after he looked like a drastically improved pitcher with the Doosan Bears last season, and the right-hander seemingly carried over a lot of the positives into his first time facing MLB hitters since 2019. Flexen impressively got through the potent trio of Tim Anderson, Luis Robert and Jose Abreu in the first inning, and after allowing the first three hitters in the second to reach safely, he retired Adam Eaton, Danny Mendrick and Seby Zavala. on strikeouts to finish off his outing. Flexen flashed an impressive pitch repertoire as well, complementing a sweeping curveball with a low-90s fastball and a cutter-changeup combination.

Flexen signed a two-year, $4.75 million contract with the Mariners on Wednesday, Ken Davidoff of the New York Post reports.

EDGE Analysis

Flexen spent the 2020 season with the Doosan Bears of the Korean Baseball Organization, and he had solid results, posting a 3.01 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 132:30 K:BB over 116.2 innings. He had double-digit strikeout totals in each of his final two starts of the year, and he'll now return to MLB on a two-year deal. The 26-year-old struggled to generate much production during his time in the majors from 2017 to 2019, but he'll attempt to carry his momentum from the KBO into improved results with the Mariners.

Flexen signed a contract with the Doosan Bears of the Korean Baseball Organization on Saturday, Marc Carig of The Athletic reports.

EDGE Analysis

Flexan was designated for assignment by the Mets on Friday, and he'll now move his career overseas rather than sticking around in the minors. The 25-year-old struggled during his major-league stints over the past three seasons, posting an 8.07 ERA, 2.13 WHIP and 49:54 K:BB across 68 innings.

Flexen was designated for assignment by the Mets on Friday.

EDGE Analysis

With Brad Brach returning to the club on a one-year deal, Flexen loses his 40-man spot and will now be subjected to waivers. Flexen was always a longshot to survive the winter on the Mets' roster, as he continued to struggle at the big-league level in 2019 despite an uptick in velocity and was not brought back in September when rosters expanded.

Flexen was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday.

EDGE Analysis

Flexen was promoted from Triple-A on Thursday and recorded two outs without allowing a run in his lone appearance. The 25-year-old has a 6.59 ERA, 2.05 WHIP and 13:10 K:BB in 13.2 major-league innings this season.

Flexen was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday.

EDGE Analysis

He has logged over two innings in three of his last five appearances at Triple-A and figures to work as a long reliever in the majors. Flexen has a career 8.15 ERA and 2.14 WHIP in 67.1 MLB innings.

Flexen was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Flexen joined the big club in mid-June and posted a 3.68 ERA with nine punchouts over 7.1 innings before being demoted. Jeurys Familia and Luis Avilan were activated from the injured list, while Luis Guillorme was recalled from Triple-A in corresponding moves.

Flexen was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse prior to Saturday's game against the Cardinals, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports.

EDGE Analysis

Puma reports that the Mets have given up on Flexen becoming a major-league starting pitcher, but they want to give him a shot to carve out a role as a reliever. He has given up 12 runs in 11 innings as a big-league reliever.

Flexen was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday after giving up a walkoff single in Saturday's loss to the Brewers.

EDGE Analysis

Flexen worked around a leadoff double to Ryan Braun to keep the score tied in the 17th inning, but Braun got him again in the 18th with a bases-loaded one-out single to send the Brewers home victorious. The Mets need fresh arms after the marathon, so Tim Peterson and Tyler Bashlor were called up to take the place of Flexen and Ryan O'Rourke.

Flexen was called up from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday.

EDGE Analysis

Flexen will join the Mets for his second stint in the majors this season, the first of which came in a spot start a couple weeks ago. The 24-year-old allowed five runs on seven hits and four walks over 4.1 innings during that appearance, but should be used out of the bullpen this time around with Luis Avilan (elbow) landing on the injured list.