5 Brett Baty trade destinations for a starting pitcher the NY Mets have to consider

5) Minnesota Twins for Joe Ryan

The Minnesota Twins should probably undergo a complete rebuild. Their reluctance to do so might have them retooling rather than rebuilding. It’s semantics yet also accurate in their case. When you play in the AL Central, you can win the division with one hot streak. It’s the strangest division in baseball because of how winnable it seems to be on a regular basis.

Joe Ryan is the player the Mets should continue to pursue. Controlled for another season after the upcoming one, they can afford to pay a little more knowing they’ll get two full seasons.

Minnesota’s main third baseman last year was Royce Lewis and that hasn’t changed for the coming year. Once a top-rated prospect, taken first overall in 2017, he has failed to develop in large part due to injuries. Minnesota can accelerate their chances of winning by seeking out current MLB-ready players in exchange for Ryan along with some minor leaguers.

We have to figure the twins would also like to replace Ryan on their MLB roster with a player such as Sproat or Jonah Tong. Although he hasn’t achieved a whole lot, a career-year and signs the best has yet to come should have the Mets making the Twins an offer. Baty’s name is a fit even if it’s merely one cog. The Twins have been balking about the idea of trading from their roster further, but Ryan and his $500K difference in arbitration filing numbers seems so petty on behalf of the team we should consider him movable.

Sending Baty to the Twins has its benefits, too. He’s out of the National League and you wouldn’t run into him outside of one series; it wouldn’t be the World Series either.