Adam Ottavino is coming back to Queens. 

The right-hander, who opted out of the final year of his deal with the Mets following the season, agreed Saturday to a one-year, $4.5 million deal to return to the Mets bullpen, pending a physical, The Post’s Joel Sherman reported. 

The move by Ottavino to decline a $6.75 million option in November and become a free agent proved costly for the 38-year-old, but he said earlier in the offseason the decision was not based on finances as much as it was the uncertainty surrounding the Mets heading into 2024 following the midseason trades in 2023 and the lack of activity so far under new president of baseball operations David Stearns. 

He also noted that at least some of the $6.75 million would have been deferred. 

After a strong first season with the Mets in 2022, Ottavino wasn’t quite as effective last year, but he’ll slide back into a relief corps that’s led by closer Edwin Diaz, who is expected to be healthy after missing all of last season with a torn patellar tendon suffered during the World Baseball Classic. 

The biggest signing they’ve made under Stearns’ direction has been Luis Severino’s one-year, $13 million deal. 

And it seems unlikely they’ll make any significant splashes prior to Opening Day, having made only small moves to the pen, bringing in Michael Tonkin, Austin Adams and Jorge Lopez, as well as Ottavino. 

Ottavino saw his strikeout rate dip and his hard-hit rate increase in 2023. 

He’d also pitched in the playoffs in each of the previous five seasons prior to last year’s disappointment with the Mets. 

Now he joins a growing list of relievers that have signed in recent days.