Winker Pre-Trade
So...
Perhaps everyone else knows everything there is to possibly know about these two, so why I am writing this?
Why not? And I wanted to know more for myself.
Jesse Winker will turn 31 in a few weeks and came into this season with about 2,000 career at bats and 3 steals in 6 tries. One could conclude there is no speed, except...
He has stolen 14 of 18 this year. Remarkable uptick.
He hit great in 2021, not well in 2022 or 2023, but he is back to hitting solidly this year.
And, almost in Nimmo-like fashion, he gets on base.
Career .373 OBP, .370 this year. He walks a lot.
316 at bats, but 380 plate appearances.
And his 11 HRs and 45 RBIs mean he is reasonably productive power-wise. 51 runs scored, too, and one would think he will score more with a more potent, run-generating Mets offense surrounding him.
And in his last 2 months, he is hitting .285.
Lastly, the lefty hitter is a far better career hitter vs. righties. .278/.382/.468. That will be his role. He'll sit vs. lefties.
Me? I like the pick up.
He seems to be quite a big improvement over DJ Stewart. A hole in the line up has been surgically repaired. (Perhaps with the Mets, I should avoid using the word "surgical" as much as possible.)
What to know about Ryne Stanek?
Just turned 33 on Friday. Not having the best year, at 6-3, 4.95, with 45 Ks in 40 innings, but he throws gas. Seven saves this year, too. In 2022, he had a 1.15 ERA for the Astros in relief.
He had a bad Mets debut, surrendering 2 gopher balls in one inning in a lopsided losing game.
OK, but with that out of the way, he ought to give them fire and gas out of a pen in real need of that right now.
Averaging 10 Ks and 4 walks per 9 this year. Career WHIP 1.28.
Me? I like the pick up.
For these two, they gave up their # 19 and # 30 prospects, not too steep a price.
Tyler Stuart has been added to the Nationals' prospect list at # 16, their 6th highest ranked pitcher. Rhylan Thomas is not in Seattle's top 30. Thomas rocketed thru the system as a low power, high contact hitter, but was sputtering a bit in more challenging AAA. He now is in the Mets West organization know as Seattle.
Let's wish our new guys well, and the departed farmhands as well.
And let's see whether the Mets have a blockbuster up their sleeves before the deadline. I hear the pitching prices are HIGH HIGH HIGH, so perhaps we just get a few more tweaks.
Wheeler Dealer David Stearns is prudently on the case.
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ReplyDeletePracticing French for the Olympics? 😆
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ReplyDeleteThe last two games with the Braves highlighted our team weaknesses and frankly put a negative spin on the trade deadline. So I think we are all waiting to see what the general manager can do to better the team without sacrificing our future.Hard to be patient, but we will have to do so.
Mets should be trading, not buying. Watch the Braves go now that they have recharged by splitting the series with the Mets.
ReplyDeleteSell high on Severino, Alonso and others. Stick to the plan, 2025.
Diekman to DFA. About time.
ReplyDeleteI want to start seeing pitchers that I’ve control.
Guillorme, I took French in high school while Napoleon was still on the March. Had shorty Napoleon been a baseball player, the Mets would have drafted him.
ReplyDeleteThe plan for 2025: it needs pitching. Our pitchers go a few weeks between infirmary visits.
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ReplyDelete10-0 pitcher, 120 Ks in 83 innings in Mexico. Name? Trevor Bauer.
ReplyDeleteSign Trevor.
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