One position of need for the New York Mets this winter is in the bullpen, and signing them this winter may have just gotten more complicated.

Former Mets reliever Adam Ottavino, who pitched for the organization in 2022, was recently very critical about manager Carlos Mendoza and his bullpen usage. This could put a damper on negotiations this winter for the top free agents, such as Edwin Diaz , as they may now look to avoid signing for the organization.

“There’s a lot of pressure on a lot of guys to play even when they feel a little compromised,” Ottavino said on the "Baseball and Coffee" podcast . “And the manager, I think he is a really good under-the-stress manager; I think he has no idea what he’s doing when it comes to bullpen guys and how to keep them healthy or even how to ca

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