Tom Brennan - Trade Deadline is Monday, and Monday is Tomorrow

UNCLE STEVE, AM I THE ONLY ONE STRESSING OVER METS DEADLINES?

 

The Mets won’t be getting Tariq Skubal or Mason Miller at the trade deadline.

That acquisitive joy of getting super studs at the deadline is reserved for playoff-competitive teams. 

The Mets “OTOH” always flirt with eventual “congestive season failure”. 

The whole of the Mets team usually being less than the sum of the parts.

So, what’s it looking like so far?

A.J. Minter’s gone for 2 hitting prospects, one of whom is Benny Agbayani’s son, Bruin. 

Bruin has missed a lot of time this year with a right shoulder injury, may return soon, and is just 19. Still hasn’t hit his first pro home run, but only has 74 pro plate appearances.

What I like about him right off the bat? His bat.

It makes contact. In Full A ball this year, he fanned just 3 times in 51 PAs, while walking 9 times. That says “future major leaguer” to me.

He is a 6’2”, 185 lefty hitting infielder. He was the Twinkies’ # 29 prospect.

Billy Amick, the other acquired hitter, is 23. In AA, he had an impressive 23 HRs and 72 RBIs in 86 games. Amick hit those dingers in 379 PAs at the time of the trade, but was hitting just .217 with 108 Ks. A righty hitting 1B/3B, he was a # 21 prospect for Minnesota. 

He had his best month (.278/.389/.569) in July after a bad June. With only 722 pro plate appearances to date, who knows if this former 60th overall pick can soar from here?

Minter relieved quite well, except he was only available in < 50% of his Mets tenure due to injury. Just 36 relief outings in 1 2/3 seasons with the Metsies for the currently healthy, soon-to-be 33 year old.