Mets Select, Option Jefry Yan

The Mets announced that they have selected left-hander Jefry Yan to their 40-man roster and optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse. That usually indicates the player had some kind of opt-out or upward mobility clause in his contract. The Mets had two 40-man vacancies, so Yan can fill one of those without a corresponding move.
Yan, 30 next month, gets a big league roster spot for the first time. He didn’t take a straight line to get there. He was signed out of the Dominican Republic by the Angel