Grading all 7 Mets trade deadline deals they made

Mets trade Josh Walker for a warm body – A+

The Mets were either going to lose Josh Walker for nothing or send him back to the minor leagues. The recently DFA’d Mets lefty reliever fell down the depth chart with Danny Young, Alex Young, and Matt Gage all available. His 6.45 ERA in 22.1 big league innings didn’t help his case to stick around either.

In exchange for Walker, the Mets got someone. Does it matter much who?

Nicolas Carreno, an 18-year-old from Venezuela with a 3.74 ERA in 21.2 innings in the Dominican Summer League, was the return. Incredibly wild with 10.2 walks per 9 in his limited action, he’s the kind of low-level prospect you forget about and check in on after a few years pass by.

This Mets trade wasn’t a significant one and only caught the attention of baseball fans everywhere because it was the first of the day.

It definitely does deserve an A+ simply because of how “nothing to lose” it was.