The Mets announced that they have signed catcher Austin Barnes and right-hander Craig Kimbrel to minor league deals with invitations to major league springing training. Barnes, 36, has spent his entire big league career with the Dodgers thus far. He landed a minor league deal with the Giants last June but was released in August. The Mets have Francisco Alvarez and Luis Torrens set to be their catching duo at the big league level. Barnes will likely head to Syracuse with Senger and give the Mets an experienced veteran to potentially call upon if the big league catching group is thinned out by an injury or two.