The Mets released reliever Duaner Sanchez on Tuesday morning. "We looked at it, really, his overall performance based upon last year to where he is now," general manager Omar Minaya said. "We really didn?t see the improvement we felt was needed to be effective in the major leagues. I thought he was improving some. We sat down and talked about it yesterday, late after the game." Minaya said that New York had too many other options in the bullpen. "In fairness to him, and in fairness to us, we just felt that, look, if he?s not going to be on the team, let?s make a decision on this now," Minaya said. "At the same time it gives him the opportunity to be with another club. ... At the same time, I think it's important that we have a competitive camp here. We want to see progress."