Category Archives: Trade Talk

Mets Need To Trade Juan Lagares

25 Nov

Juan Lageres
Lagares is a great defender and hits left-handers really well, but he’s also injury prone. Still he’d be ideal for a team seeking a platoon option when paired with a lefty hitter could really use him in center field. Plus, with the surplus of outfielders the Mets have, I think you could trade Lagares for a quality reliever, knock out some payroll and have Michael Conforto and/or Brandon Nimmo handle left and center field until Yoenis Cespedes gets back.

Kris Bryant for Noah Syndergaard?

12 Nov

Kris Bryant Noah Syndergaard
SNY.TV:

Coming off a down year where he was limited to just 102 games because of a shoulder injury, the Cubs are open to trading 3B Kris Bryant, reports ESPN’s Buster Olney.

According to Olney, The Cubs — who have failed to agree on a long-term extension with Bryant, who is repped by Scott Boras — could trade Bryant this winter.

With Bryant and Mets RHP Noah Syndergaard both 26 years old and both arbitration-eligible through 2021 before being eligible for free agency, a swap of the two could make sense…

Ugh. Listen, I’m fully aware that you have to go big to get a player the caliber of Bryant and the Mets could use another big right-handed bat. But damn if seeing Noah in another uniform wouldn’t be super hard. Sure, we could put Seth Lugo back in the rotation and Bryant’s price tag right now isn’t bad…yet, I’m still of the belief that starting pitching wins us our next championship, not a better offense. So I’m a no on this one.

Mets Should Go All-In On J.T. Realmuto

3 Nov

JT Realmuto
To me, this is a no-brainer. Realmuto, who had a line of .274/21/74 last year, has made it clear he wants out of Florida. Then too, the Mets haven’t a decent year out of a catcher since the days of Paul Lo Duca. And I for one, am tired of waiting out Travis d’Arnaud’s next injury much less the ‘real’ Kevin Plawecki. Besides the bullpen, catcher is where the Mets need help the most help and Realmuto fits all the check boxes (defensively too).

Nationals Trade Daniel Murphy, Declare 2018 Season Over

21 Aug

Daniel Murphy
With like 6 weeks left in the season, this comes as a bit of a surprise. But I guess Nats management figured with 2 teams (Braves and Phillies) to try and jump instead of 1, might as well get the fire sale started now and get some pieces back before it’s too late. They’re not trading Bryce Harper tho (waivers have expired) which makes me believe that the Nats aren’t completely done yet. Meanwhile, the Cubs have the best record in the NL and playoff legend Daniel Murphy in the loop for a run to another World Series title. Yet another reason I’ll never forgive Sandy Alderson for not re-signing Murphy after 2015.

Dave Eiland Thinks Mets Would Be “Crazy” To Trade Jacob deGrom

20 Jun

Jacob deGrom

Real Met fans know the deal. Besides not winning a World Series in 31 years, there’s the fact that we’ve only had 6 playoff appearances since 1986. That’s a 20 percent success rate. And while bad trades, horrible free-agent signings, major injuries, ass-backward GM decisions and major busts like Lastings Milledge and Fernando Martinez have all contributed to the Mets lack of winning of late, if you’re Mets you have a right to be….disgruntled. That said, why in the world, as the local press has been pushing of late, would you choose to rebuild (again) and trade your best pitcher? This ludicrous idea is beyond me and apparently pitching coach Dave Eiland too:

No-nonsense pitching coach Dave Eiland listed all the off-the-charts attributes deGrom brings, and then told The Post this when asked if deGrom should be traded for prospects:

“Absolutely not. It’s crazy, it’s asinine, these guys don’t just fall off trees, it’s total nonsense,’’ Eiland said before the Mets played the Rockies on Tuesday night at Coors Field, one night after deGrom pitched eight spectacular innings in a 12-2 win over Colorado.

“Say you got five prospects, who is to say those prospects are going to work out?’’ Eiland said. “Who’s going to fill Jake’s innings not only this year, but in 2019 and 2020? He is the pitcher every team is looking for. Hey, I’m just a pitching coach, not a manager or a GM, but I’ve been in this game for over 30 years, you don’t trade a guy like that, because you can’t replace him.’’