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3 Mets trades we’re happiest the team avoided at the deadline

By JOSUE DE JESUS |
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The New York Mets concluded a trade deadline with additions focused on their bullpen without the need to overpay top prospects for the acquired players. The organization was open to multiple scenarios and players. Still, the high asking price of the market for the selling teams made it impossible to make trades for high-impact players.

Players like Jazz Chisholm, Jack Flaherty, and Tanner Scott managed to change jerseys, while higher caliber players like Garrett Crochet, Luis Robert Jr., and Tarik Skubal were ultimately not traded. The Mets acquire an arsenal of relievers to improve the team's most deficient area, in addition to a left-handed hitter like Jesse Winker, working to improve their roster without making trades for excessively expensive or inefficient players.

The Mets avoided a massive trade for an inconsistent left-handed pitcher.

For the first half of the 2021 season, Trevor Rogers was a candidate for National League Rookie of the Year, posting an impressive 2.31 ERA with 122 strikeouts in 105 innings pitched before the all-star break. From this point, Rogers' career would begin to change. His family received a shock when he went through the death of his two grandparents and spent time retired in the season due to his mother's hospitalization for COVID-19.

From this point on, the inconsistencies in Rogers' results and time lost due to injuries have caused this player's value on the field to be depressed. The left-handed pitcher has seen how, season after season, his numbers do not reach a level like that shown in 2021, with a 2024 season where the highest level of hard-hit contact and the highest xERA of his career is allowed.

Despite these underwhelming results, the Miami Marlins managed to get an impressive return from the Baltimore Orioles for Rogers' services. Peter Bendix managed to maximize a perfect pitcher trading market and land Connor Norby, the Orioles' #5 prospect and borderline top 100, and Kyle Stowers, a proven power bat in the minor leagues.

Observing the return obtained by the Marlins and Rogers' performance, the Mets managed to avoid sacrificing their future for a pitcher who has not been able to find his level on the field. It was a good decision for David Stearns to give up business for Rogers.

The Mets avoided a blowmind trade package for a good reliever.

The Mets were focused on getting quality relievers at this trade deadline to improve the weakest and most inconsistent area of ​​the team. The organization had to consider various options on the market, including Tanner Scott, Carlos Estevez, and Jason Adam.

Adam, among the three mentioned above, has the best track record. The 32-year-old veteran is in his third season producing an ERA below 3.00, with a good ability to generate swing and miss and limit strong contact.

The return for Adam was supposed to be good due to the control that the Tampa Bay Rays had, who would not be a free agent until after the 2026 season, but a seller's market like the one experienced at this trade deadline caused a substantial increase in value. The Rays managed to obtain Dylan Lesko, a first-round pick, a top 70 baseball prospect plus two highly regarded players in the San Diego Padres farm system, being the number 8 and 12 prospects of said organization.

In a hypothetical scenario that would be the equivalent of a return of Ryan Clifford, Nolan McLean, and Nick Morabito by the Mets, something practically unthinkable despite the results shown by Adam. It is necessary to take into account that the reliever position is the most volatile position in baseball where you can have the best closer on the market in one season and see how it enters into inconsistencies in the following season such as the recent cases of Evan Phillips, Edwin Diaz or Camilo Doval.

The Mets dodged a bullet for an underperforming starting pitcher.

The Mets were in the market for starting pitchers after Kodai Senga was injured in his first start back in MLB. The market had some relevant options and mid-starters that were discussed by practically all the teams in the competition.

The Cincinnati Reds were inclined to trade Frankie Montas since the countdown to the trade deadline began, a pitcher who was on a one-season, $16 million contract with a $20 million mutual option for 2025 tied to a buyout of $2 million. Considerable value for a starting pitcher who posted an underwhelming 5.01 ERA with the Reds and a worrying 42% hard-hit contact allowed.

The return that the Reds achieved was not enormous but it was high for the performance shown by Montas, who in a race for a push toward the playoffs does not appear to be a reliable pitcher or with the caliber to remain in a rotation of a contending team. OF Joey Wiemer, RHP Jakob Junis, and cash made up the package the Milwaukee Brewers offered for Montas.

The centerpiece of this trade is Joey Wiemer, an important prospect for the Brewers, who became the top 90 prospects in the top 100 of the MLB Pipeline with high power, speed, and arm capacity but who has not managed to put up good numbers in MLB. The fact of obtaining an inefficient pitcher with the level of salary earned by Montas, plus losing a figure with a top prospect pedigree like Wiemer, makes the change make no sense for a contending team.

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