Major League Baseball announced on Friday morning that 12 teams have reached the goal of 85 percent vaccinations among so-called “Tier 1 individuals” of players and staff.

The league also said that four additional teams will reach 85 percent within the next two weeks after second doses of the vaccine take effect.

The Mets are not among the 16 teams to reach that threshold, league sources told SNY.

League-wide, 83.9 percent of all Tier 1 Individuals are considered partially or fully vaccinated, and 77.6 percent of all Tier 1 Individuals are considered fully vaccinated.

Once a team reaches 85 percent, it can enjoy relaxed protocols.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman this week made the point that having a mostly vaccinated team likely prevented their own COVID-19 outbreak from being more severe. The Yankees had eight personnel test positive despite being fully vaccinated. All eight are asymptomatic, and only one ever developed symptoms.

“When you read the fine print, they tell you that you still could get COVID and the vaccine is to protect you from the symptoms,” Cashman said Thursday. “It’s not full protection… The one thing I take from this is I believe the vaccine is working. We’ve got eight positives, and seven of the eight presented as without symptoms, so without testing you wouldn’t have even known.”

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