The Mets have a hole at first base, with Pete Alonso on the IL and expected to be sidelined for 3-4 weeks with a bone bruise and sprain to his left wrist after being drilled in the spot.
And they’ve signed another ex-Yankee in hopes of igniting a stagnant offense at the position.
After the failed Gary Sanchez experiment, the Mets inked Luke Voit to a minor league deal Monday.
The first baseman will report to Triple-A Syracuse and be active Tuesday.
Since Alonso’s injury, Mark Canha and Mark Vientos have seen time at first base, but that could change if Voit finds his old swing.
The 32-year-old played in 22 games with the Brewers this season, but struggled at the plate.
In 68 plate appearances, the first baseman didn’t hit any homers and had an OPS of just .548 before Milwaukee released him.
It’s been a rough few years for Voit, who led the American League with 22 homers in the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
That came after he hit 14 home runs in just 38 games in 2018 with the Yankees following his arrival in a trade from St. Louis in exchange for left-hander Chasen Shreve.
But injuries took their toll on Voit and the Yankees traded for Anthony Rizzo in 2021 and shipped Voit to San Diego in the spring of 2022.
Voit didn’t last long with the Padres and was included in the package they sent to Washington in the Juan Soto deal.
He signed a minor league contract in February with the Brewers and was released on June 2.
The Mets signed Sanchez to a minor league contract May 9 and he played just three games with the Mets before being let go.
He’s since hit five home runs in his first 12 games with San Diego.
David Robertson is a Subway Series veteran, but this will be his first as a Met.
“I’ve always enjoyed it,’’ the former Yankee said. “The whole city comes together for bragging rights.”
He said he liked the “fanfare” surrounding the series at both Citi Field and Yankee Stadium.
Despite his Yankee history, Robertson said he’s not paying much attention to his old team.
“I’ll worry about them in the World Series,’’ Robertson said.
This is the second time he’ll be on both sides of an inter-city rivalry, having played for both the White Sox and the Cubs previously.
“In Chicago with the White Sox, the only games that really counted to us were against the Cubs,’’ Robertson said with a laugh.
While the reeling Mets look for answers in Queens, one of their top pitching prospects took a step closer to the majors.
Mike Vasil was promoted from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Syracuse on Monday.
The right-hander is ranked as the team’s eighth overall prospect — and third-best pitching prospect — by MLB Pipeline.
Vasil, 23, was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Month in May, but pitched poorly in two of his previous three outings.
He was drafted by the Mets in the eighth round in 2021 out of the University of Virginia.
The 6-foot-5 Vasil has a 3.71 ERA in 10 starts with Binghamton, as well as a WHIP of just 0.843.
Through the first round of All-Star voting released Monday, Alonso is second among NL first basemen, trailing the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman. Francisco Lindor is second among shortstops behind Atlanta’s Orlando Arcia and Francisco Alvarez is fourth in the catcher’s vote, with Atlanta’s Sean Murphy and the Dodgers’ Will Smith leading the voting.
— Additional reporting by Mike Puma
