Wilmer Flores still hoping for another big league shot: Im just waiting

Wilmer Flores is looking for a job. The ex-Mets fan favorite told The San Francisco Chronicle that he’s received minor league offers but is holding out hope on receiving a big league deal with Opening Day just weeks away. “I’m not done playing,” Flores said.“I’m just waiting.”Flores, 34, said he was in Florida working out as he awaits a phone call from a club in need of a right-handed bat. “I’m healthy, I feel good and I’m staying ready,” Flores said, per the outlet.

“I believe I can help a team.I wouldn’t be doing this if I thought I would embarrass myself.”Flores has spent 13 years in the majors, including the first six of his career with the Mets. He’s spent the last six seasons in San Francisco, hitting .249/.321/.426 with 92 home runs during his tenure as a Giant. In 2025, Flores hit 16 long balls and drove in 71 runs in 463 plate appearances. Injuries and age have turned Flores, who has bounced around all four infield positions throughout his career, into largely a platoon bat off the bench and fill-in designated hitter, limiting his appeal on the free agent market. Flores is best known to Mets fans for his touching moment near the trade deadline in 2015, when the then-23-year-old teared up on the field after reports surfaced that he had been dealt to the Brewers with Zack Wheeler in exchange for Carlos Gomez.That deal would fall apart, and two days later, Flores hit a walk-off home run, setting off a seven-game winning streak and turning the Mets’ National League pennant-winning season around. Despite Flores expressing his desire “to be a Met forever,” he was non-tendered by the team after the 2018 season before joining the Diamondbacks later that offseason....