Something is rotton in Houston.
The Astros are 2.5 games back from a wild card slot this season and they find themselves without the service of TWO of their rotation pieces.
Jose Urquidy and Cristian Javier both underwent Tomm JOgn surgery over the past three days.
They need starters and they need them now.
The Mets may be able to offer one, or two, of their current aged starters for solid prospects from the Astros’ prospect piil.
Here, according to Jimmy Price of Astros Future are some of the top prospects that the Mets might be interested in:
Jacob Melton, OF
2024 - AA 123-AB 5-HR .268/.329/.455/.784
Melton was drafted by the Astros in the 2nd round of the 2022 draft out of Oregon State. Melton had a standout junior year in college slashing .360/.424/.671 with 22 2B, 17 HR, 21 SB as he earned Pac-12 player of the year honors. Melton is a left handed swinging outfielder who stands at 6’3″ and 210 lbs. Melton has an advanced approach at the plate and has above average power with the potential to be plus as he also makes a lot of contact. The lefty is a plus runner on the bases and in the outfield and should stick in center field defensively. He has played 2023 between High-A and Double-A connecting on 23 homers and stealing 46 bases. Melton has posted really strong exit velocities numbers and has a chance to be a power outfielder at the major league level.
Joey Loperfido, CF/1B/2B
2024 - MLB 39-AB 1-HR .33
AAA 139-AB 13-HR .259 .931-OPS
Loperfido was drafted in the 2021 draft after putting together a really good senior season. The lefty hitting Loperfido has the ability to work counts, draw walks and make a lot of contact. He had a breakout 2022 season slashing .316/.408/.492 with 25 2B, 12 HR, 32 SB. Loperfido is a plus athlete that should be able to provide above average defense at multiple positions. In 2023 he has his best season as a pro hitting 25 homers, stealing 27 bases and posting a .880 OPS as he made it up to Triple-A. Loperfido possesses above average athleticism which shows on the bases with 60 SB in his minor league career
Zach Dezenzo, 3B/1B/SS
2024 - FCL REHAB 8-AB .500
Wrist injury in spring training
Dezenzo was drafted in the 12th round of the 2022 draft and is looking like an absolute steal. He was a senior who put up a strong year at Ohio State slugging .701 with 19 HR in 51 games before dominating the MLB Draft League. The right-hander has plus power and really strong exit velocities numbers. He is a bat-first prospect who bas played both third base and first base, but has the bat profile to fit at either. Dezenzo had his best season as a professional in 2023 hitting .305 with 23 doubles, 18 homers and 22 stolen bases as he moved up to Double-A.
Spencer Arrighetti, RHP
2024 - MLB -0.3-WAR 3-5 5.79
Arrighetti has had an interesting ride to this point. He college career consisted of three different schools with him ultimately getting drafted in the 6th round of the 2021 draft out of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. He has a mid 90s fastball which has topped at 98 MPH before, and a plus slider to go with it. He has an improving curveball and changeup as well. Arrighetti’s fastball also has a lot of ride on it creating an advantageous approach angle for him. In 2022, Arrighetti struck out 152 in 116.2 innings. In 2023 he made it up to Triple-A racking up 141 strike outs in 124.2 innings.
Luis Baez, OF
2024 - A+ 194-AB 7-HR .278/.324/.443/.767
The Astros signed Luis Baez for $1.3 million during the 2022 international signing period. The 19-year-old is well built at 6’1″ and 205 lbs and possesses plus power from the right side. He is a solid athlete but won’t provide a ton on the bases, though he should be an adequate defender in the corner outfield spots. In 2023, Baez made his way up to Single-A finishing with 15 doubles, 11 homers in 58 games overall. Scouts note he has the power to be a 25+ HR guy in the big leagues.
10 comments:
I would do such a trade. The Houston Housers?
Houston always has a strong farm system. Pulling a prospect from there is much safer than pulling one from a less proven system. Time to get some intel together and pick the right one. We have aging starters to offer like Quintana.
The tough decision for Stearns is the fact that the Mets are very close to a Wild Card slot
Do you sell or do you buy?
I take that back
Checked
Current chance to make playoffs is 13.1%
1 I would trade any one
2 I really hope to pay the full salary for both severing and Alonzo and package them together to team wanting to go for it like hopefully the cubs
Get the best possible return for the guys with no salary
Ideally Baltimore would be that team
Mack of these guys who would you want ?
By far Melton
Next Baez
SELL
Or we can assume the Mets had jet lag against the home team.
I'm not qualified to evaluate their potential, but none of them have stats that excite me. I could see trading someone like Houser or Lucchesi for one of them, but no more than that.
It feels like I’m speaking out of turn, but I would prefer Arrighetti first and Dezenzo second. I understand that Melton has nice college numbers, but isn’t the PAC-12 known as an offensive conference? After Parada, I put much more weight on professional ball numbers than college. Plus, the Mets need pitching.
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