Jeff Carone
asked -
Love your column Mack,
don't stop posting your 8 am thoughts, always great to read. As the Mets search (hopefully this is an
ongoing process) for a young, RH corner OF with some pop, I was wondering if Bobby Parnell would be used as trade bait. Until today, he was having a very good
spring. What do you think it would take
to get Olt from Texas if Parnell was part of the deal?
Mack:
You know, I like the
idea. I’ve never been comfortable with Parnell as a Met because I don’t think
he ever has been either. I remember him from his early days and he was really
upset when they converted him to a relief pitcher. Bobby (and it never was
Bobby to him… he always wanted to be called Robert) thought of himself as a
starter and, for all I know, may still do.
I think he would
blossom in another organization and he’d be the perfect candidate to create a
trade for a quality outfielder.
Look, two things…
The Mets have already have been in play (Bourn and Upton)
for two quality outfielders and failed at obtaining them. That’s at least once
more than most teams get a chance at this process.
You have to give up something decent to get something
decent. There will not be any quality top-shelf outfielders placed on waivers
in the next two weeks. We’re down to the utility players and it’s too late in
spring training to figure out if somebody’s else’s throwaways are better than
what we have.
What will these players
bring to the Mets? Well, obviously not a
player like Bourn or Upton who will be needed to be kept on the team trying to
make the playoffs. No, all this process will offer is a chance at a quality
prospect like Zack Wheeler, Travis d’Arnaud, or Noah Syndergaard.
The Mets blew it this
year.
2 comments:
Parnell by himself will not net a premier prospect. However if you package him and 1 of our "interesting" mid level prospects like Aderlin Rodriguez, Logan Verrett, or Cory Mazzoni you could have a decent shot of netting someone in return. But as Mack said, no high upside players will be available until July.
If Parnell is having a great year by all-star break he can very well net us a top tier prospect from a team in contention and in desperate need for bullpen/closer help. Nevertheless, if Parnell is playing this good, would it be worth trading him long term? I'll say yes, depending on what prospect we get back and if someone else in our system, such as Familia or Mejia has shown signs of stepping up and assuming the closer role.
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