The Mets shocked their fans by trading
Jeurys Familia who was one of their most successful relief pitchers in their
history to the Oakland A’s last Saturday in exchange for two prospects, cash
and international bonus pool space. Familia was put in the closer’s role in
2015. He set a single-season franchise
record with 51 saves a year later and was named an All-Star. He was one of the
better relief pitchers in baseball. The Met fans were expecting a better
return, however when a pitcher is traded and is going to be a free agent at the
end of the season such as Familia the return will not be that much. The trade may
not have been good for the Mets, but it was also not horrendous, because the one
million in international bonus pool money will help. The relief pitcher Bobby
Wahl may be injury prone but is major league ready. The other prospect that they
received was third baseman William Toffey who was the 17th best
prospect in the A’s farm system.
The
Mets should have waited until the 7/31 trade deadline to make the trade. A
buyer would be willing to part with more with little time remaining in the
trade deadline or they should have offered to cover Familia’s contract, then
they would have received a better return which would have been very beneficial
for the Mets who needed to rebuild their roster and farm system. Instead the A’s
are picking up the three million that is owed to Familia. The Mets can use more
prospects at second base and catcher. So, it looks like more trades will be
coming as the trade deadline approaches.
The
Mets now are in a situation in which they will be calling up other prospects
come September that they are looking forward to watch. They want to prepare for
2019. If they keep their two aces deGrom and Noah they can be contenders for at
least a wildcard spot next year.
2 comments:
I think the Yanks have more to the Orioles for Zach Britton than the Mets got for a currently better Familia.
And Familia is already 2-0 with the A's!
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