Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is joining the bandwagon for the Mets to go all out for shortstop Ian Desmond of the Nationals. Rosenthal suggests trading Daniel Murphy and a top prospect, something akin to what many of our own readers have posted in our threads quite often. But which prospect? Noah Syndergaard? Steven Matz? Rosenthal says that after getting Desmond, the Mets would have to do...
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Grant Brisbee of SB Nation took an interesting approach in assessing which teams are in Win Now or Win Later mode. He developed a matrix with four quadrants that plots a team’s nearness to contention or otherwise by considering X and Y factors based on organizational rankings, average age of roster, and number of promising prospects. Brisbee says the Mets are among the few teams that can...
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Cesar Puello, OF Age: 23 Height: 6’2 Weight: 220 Bats/Throws: Right/Right Last Year: No. 7 Synopsis: No player in the Mets system saw his stock drop further than Cesar Puello, who followed up a breakout 2013 in Binghamton with a disappointing 2014 in AAA Las Vegas. For the year, Puello hit .252 with 7 home runs and 13 stolen bases in 313 at bats. 2015 represents a crossroads for Puello, as...
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Matthew Cerrone of MetsBlog has grown tired of waiting for the Mets to become relevant again and now says that it’s time for Sandy Alderson to be bold and make a trade already for a shortstop. He believes that Alderson should go ahead and trade the team’s number one prospect Noah Syndergaard plus another prospect for Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond. “If Desmond over Wilmer...
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According to John Heyman of CBS Sports, the Nationals have acquired shortstop Yunel Escobar from the Oakland Athletics. This is the second time Escobar has been traded in the past several days. On Saturday, the 32 year old shortstop was traded from the Rays to Oakland in exchange for catcher John Jaso and two prospects. William Ladson of MLB.com reported that the A’s will receive relief...
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The Houston Astros have acquired catcher/outfielder Evan Gattis from the Atlanta Braves according to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Gattis swatted 22 home runs despite playing only 93 games last season, and can absolutely mash. In his career against the Mets, Gattis batted .236 with 3 homers and 6 RBI in 21 games. In return, the Braves receive pitching...
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