Grading all 7 Mets trade deadline deals they made

Mets trade for Tyler Zuber – B-

A smaller scale Mets trade for some relief pitcher depth, the Mets forced us all to learn the name Tyler Zuber. It’s okay if you hadn’t heard it. He has spent most of the year in Triple-A for the Tampa Bay Rays. 

Zuber’s MLB stats are almost irrelevant as it includes only 3.1 innings. In Triple-A, he was fantastic with a 2.49 ERA in 21.2 innings. Fanning batters at a rate of 12 per 9 with only 2.5 walks per 9 to go along with it, he’s an upside pitcher with minor league options remaining for this season. To get him, the Mets gave up promising minor league pitcher Paul Gervase.

Zuber is, right now, the player the Mets will hope Gervase is for them next year; depth. Gervase and his massive 6’10 frame pitched to a 2.05 ERA last year and saw it creep up to only 3.25 this season in Double-A. A 12th round pick on the rise, his strikeout numbers are deadly with a lack of control being one of his issues. While striking out batters at a rate of 15 per 9 this year, he has walked them at a rate of 5.5 per 9.

Gervase wasn’t considered a top 30 Mets prospect, but those spots are usually reserved only for starting pitchers in the minors. We can give this trade a B- because it helps the Mets now. However, it does seem to have some of the lowest upside for what they can get out of Zuber with plenty of upside for what it can reward the Rays with.