PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The Mets’ longest-tenured pitcher is back — sort of. They re-signed reliever Drew Smith to a one-year contract with a team option for 2026, sources told Newsday on Wednesday. He will make $1 million this season and would make $2 million next season.

Pete Alonso and the New York Mets finalized their $54 million, two-year contract on Wednesday as spring training opened in Florida with the team's first formal workout for pitchers and catchers. New York also re-signed injured reliever Drew Smith to a one-year deal with a club option for 2026.

When reliever Drew Smith tore the UCL in his right elbow last June, he expressed profound sadness at the idea that he may have thrown his final pitch for the Mets. Turns out he needn’t have worried. T