Seth Lugo, 33, has been a reliable member of the Mets bullpen for the past two seasons but has ample starting experience in his career and was hoping to land with a team that would give him an opportunity to start.
Kahnle, 33, returns to the same Yankees team that drafted him in 2010, lost him to the Rockies in the 2013 Rule 5 Draft and eventually acquired him alongside David Robertson in a 2017 trade with the White Sox.