NY Mets rumors reveal a plan to only temporarily restock the farm system

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Mets reporting ace Will Sammon dove into the team’s trade deadline plans. He got a little more specific into both what the team hopes to accomplish. Included was a noteworthy statement about how restocking the farm system is only temporary.

“A big part of compiling prospects at this deadline would be to better position the farm system for trades for major-league talent this winter. The upcoming free-agent class is generally considered subpar by the industry, and the probability of a lockout could make it more difficult than usual to add impact talent through free agency.”

It sounds like the Mets aren’t looking to restock the farm system to find their next star

When Steve Cohen spoke earlier this week, one of his concerns was the regression of the farm system. Very few top prospects are having good years in the minors with players like Jonah Tong, Ryan Clifford, and others putting together the kind of campaign where you have to wonder if they’ll be anything more than minor contributors. It’s too soon to wave your hands in the air wildly like an excited Muppet. However, with the team lacking an abundance of trade chips, it’s going to be difficult to make any offseason moves like the one they made for Freddy Peralta.

It was that particular trade for Peralta which erased two major trade pieces from the Mets. Brandon Sproat was surpassed on the depth chart. Jett Williams was overtaken by their belief in A.J. Ewing. Thus far, the Ewing over Williams choice has worked out pretty well. Sproat remains TBD.

Acquiring prospects and immediately trading them months later in the offseason does raise one question. How good of a player would the Mets actually be able to land for what they’d get for each of their rentals? Combined, does the haul for Freddy Peralta, A.J. Minter, Brooks Raley, and maybe someone else equals one pitcher or starting position player good enough to give the Mets what they need?

Additionally, Sammon noted how the Mets aren’t necessarily looking to improve positions of need as the goal is to give themselves more players they can trade. They’ve already moved on from multiple prospects acquired at the 2023 trade deadline, sending Drew Gilbert to the San Francisco Giants last summer for Tyler Rogers and Luisangel Acuna this past offseason to the Chicago White Sox for Luis Robert Jr.

A quick turnaround is different, however. Gilbert and Acuna were with the Mets for several years, the latter seeing some MLB action. In addition to maybe selling a newly acquired prospect, the reload of the farm system can make once less touchable players more available.

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