Yankees' Camilo Doval trade sets a higher realistic asking price for one NY Mets player

Camilo Doval to the Pittsburgh Pirates? You saw it on your MLB trade deadline bingo card and thought for sure that was never going to happen. Well, it did. Two living human beings were traded for Doval, an implosive 4.54 ERA pitcher with control through 2027. The New York Mets can take notice because the asking price for one of their guys has been set.

Having a much better year than Doval, with an ERA at almost 2 runs less, Huascar Brazoban is one of those highly-debated Mets players on the trade block. Do they sell him on a high or continue on with him in their bullpen? Two more years of control than Doval and at a lower salary, it’s clearly going to cost far more than a club’s 17th ranked prospect plus an 18-year-old who has yet to hit a home run in 195 professional plate appearances.

The price on Brazoban hasn’t necessarily gone up with this trade. What it has done is give us a clearer indication as to what the Mets should be asking for.

The Mets need to get a lot more than what the Yankees did for Camilo Doval

The Yankees were in a position to sell Doval. The Mets aren’t with Brazoban. Last week I put together a trade package between the Mets and Pirates for Brazoban. The deal included three top 30 prospects. Catcher Edgeleen Perez, ranking 8th in the system with rave defensive reviews, headlined it.

It’s not farfetched to believe Brazoban has some of the highest value of anyone on the Mets trade block. The starting pitchers, Freddy Peralta and Clay Holmes, do so because of all of the innings they can eat up. Plus, with Peralta’s track record prior to this season and the success Holmes had prior to getting hurt, teams are intrigued.

Luke Weaver is as complicated as Brazoban. The Doval trade doesn’t seem to change his status all that much other than assure us the Mets shouldn’t move him unless they get significantly more than what Doval price tag. You trade Peralta because you have to get something. You trade Weaver because your organization is better for it almost immediately.

More relief pitchers are bound to change uniforms in the coming hours, each of these “early” deals help set a price. Of course, there’s always a chance even players on expiring contracts get stranded. The Mets never were able to trade Carlos Carrasco in 2023 despite being in the last year of his deal. 

The Pirates didn’t set the market in full because maybe they were the only team crazy enough to believe Doval is better than the Yankees version of himself. Their biggest mistake will be going with him and not paying a premium price on a player such as Brazoban. However, one can begin to guess the Mets wanted infinitely more for their underrated everywhere but New York reliever.

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