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The New York Mets made a handful of roster moves on Monday afternoon, as per a team announcement.

In addition to officially extending a $17.8 million qualifying offer to right-hander Zack Wheeler, the Mets also added left-hander Blake Taylor to the 40-man roster ahead of the 5 PM ET deadline to either do so or let the player leave via free agency, and claimed left-hander Stephen Gonsalves off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

Taylor, 24, was the player to be named later in the 2014 trade that sent Ike Davis to Pittsburgh for Zack Thornton. Over 40 appearances (66.2 innings) between Advanced-A St. Lucie, Double-A Binghamton, and Triple-A Syracuse last season, the southpaw pitched to a 2.16 ERA with 74 strikeouts and 24 walks.

The Dana Point, California product allowed just two earned runs over seven appearances in the Arizona Fall League this season, striking out 11 and walking two while being named to the league’s All-Star team.

Gonsalves, 25, was the highest-ranked pitching prospect in the Twins’ organization and the ninth-ranked left-hander in the minor leagues as recently as January 2018, via MLB Pipeline.

He pitched to a 2.76 ERA with 120 strikeouts and 60 walks over 23 appearances (22 starts) between Double-A Chattanooga and Triple-A Rochester in 2018 before making his MLB debut in August of that year (6.57 ERA,16 strikeouts, 22 walks over seven appearances; four starts).

Gonsalves dealt with a stress reaction in his left elbow/forearm early in the 2019 season but returned to action in late-August (4.15 ERA over eight appearances; six starts).

We’ll keep you posted with more information as it becomes available.