Mets Sign Former Cubs Reliever Brad Brach

The New York Mets have been the hottest team in baseball, and on Thursday they made an addition to their much-maligned bullpen.

According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, the Mets have signed right-handed reliever Brad Brach, formerly of the Cubs.

To make room on the 40-man roster, the Mets have placed outfielder Brandon Nimmon on the 60-day injured list, and to make room on the active roster they optioned left-handed pitcher Donnie Hart to Triple-A.

Brach, 33, was designated for assignment by the Cubs less than a week ago when Cole Hamels came off the injured list, and after clearing waivers he was released. If you ask Cubs fans, Brach should've been let go a lot sooner, and when you look at the numbers you can understand where they're coming from.

In 42 appearances out of the Cubs bullpen, Brach owns a 6.13 ERA and 1.76 WHIP with 45 strikeouts over 39.2 innings.

We'll see if this helps or hurts the Mets bullpen, but everything they've done lately has turned into gold.