The Mets have placed right-hander Christian Scott on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation, ending his season, the team announced on Tuesday.

New York reinstated closer Devin Williams from the IL in a corresponding move ahead of the series-opener at the Texas Rangers.

Scott, who pitched for the first time in the big leagues after missing the 2025 campaign due to Tommy John surgery, finishes the year with a 3.85 ERA and 1.273 WHIP in 110.0 innings over 23 starts. The 27-year-old tallied 134 strikeouts to 47 walks, good for 11.0 K's per nine innings and a 2.85 strikeout-to-walk ratio in his first full season at the big league level.

Williams returns after landing on the IL on Aug. 10 with a right shoulder strain. He pitched a bullpen session at Citi Field last Thursday, and the word was that his stuff was "there as anticipated," per interim manager Andy Green.

The last question will be to see if Williams takes the closing duties from Kodai Senga, who has been tasked with slamming the door on games in his absence. Of course, with just six games left, it might not be that Williams gets every opportunity to close regardless of how the Mets see him

"He’s not going to come back and pitch three out of four baseball games," Green said last week. "It might be the eighth inning, it might be the seventh inning. If you’re not ahead one of those days, you want to get him on the bump so he can get going again."

Williams, who turned 32 on Monday, has appeared in 42 games this season, pitching to a 4.66 ERA and 1.665 WHIP while striking out 51 batters across 38.2 innings and converting 16 of his 19 save opportunities.

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