Blevins is not available for Tuesday's game against the Phillies, The Record's Matt Ehalt reports. The Mets don't want to use Blevins for a fourth time in five days, so Alex Torres will be the only lefty available out of the bullpen. Blevins has been excellent thus far, retiring each of the eight batters he's faced on his way to three holds in four appearances.

Blevins did the job again Monday, retiring all three lefty hitters he faced in the eighth inning to notch the hold in the Mets' 2-0 win over the Phillies. Blevins set down Odubel Herrera, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard. He has retired all eight hitters he has faced, striking out four while not allowing a baserunner. Blevins will continue to be the main lefty in the bullpen for the Mets.

Blevins retired all three lefty hitters he faced Sunday to pick up his second hold of the season in the Mets' 4-3 win over the Braves. Blevins entered the game with one on and one out in the eighth and struck out Nick Markakis and Freddie Freeman. He then remained in the game to handle the opening batter of the ninth, the lefty-hitting A.J. Pierzynski, before giving the ball to Jeurys Familia for the save. Blevins should continue to serve as an eighth-inning bridge to whoever closes.

Blevins was traded to the Mets on Monday in exchange for outfielder Matt den Dekker, MLB.com reports. The Mets have added another lefty to the bullpen after dealing for Alex Torres earlier Monday. Blevins, who will open the season on the roster, went 2-3 with a 4.87 ERA (64 appearances) in his lone season with the Nationals.

Blevins has struggled this spring, posting an 8.59 ERA and giving up four home runs through 7.1 innings. Most of that damage has come against right-handed hitters, however, and Blevins does have a reassuring 10:2 K:BB ratio. Provided that Nats manager Matt Williams uses him primarily as a LOOGY, Blevins' regular season numbers should look much, much better.

Blevins has won his arbitration hearing and will be awarded a one-year, $2.4 million contract, James Wagner of the Washington Post reports.Blevins will make $200,000 more than the $2.2 million offered by the Nationals heading into arbitration. The 30-year-old reliever will now turn his focuses back to spring training, as he prepares for 2015 as a possible LOOGY for the Nats.

Blevins was tendered a contract prior to Tuesday's deadline. He struggled at times last season, but Blevins was still effective against left-handers and could fill the Nats' LOOGY role in 2015.

Jerry Blevins struck out three of the four Mets he faced to close out Thursday's win. It'll be interesting to see how Matt Williams uses his two left-handed relievers, considering that neither Blevins nor Ross Detwiler is any sort of traditional specialist. The team probably should have kept Xavier Cedeno for that role just to remove any temptation Williams might have to use Blevins or Detwiler for one batter a night.

Nationals avoided arbitration with LHP Jerry Blevins by agreeing to a one-year contract. The financials of the deal are not yet known. Acquired from the A's this winter via trade, Blevins has a nice 2.81 ERA and 1.12 WHIP in his last 153 2/3 innings.

Chris Cotillo of MLB Daily Dish reports that Nationals have acquired Jerry Blevins from the A's.