Category: Rumors
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Report: Mets might be exploring a deal for Aramis Ramirez
The Mets are continuing to explore different ways on the external markets to improve their offense. Among the names the Mets have been linked to is Aramis Ramirez, and Marc Carig of Newsday the Mets are weighing an opportunity to acquire the Brewers third baseman. Jon Morosi of FOX Sports also says the Mets are engaged…
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Mets want to add a versatile bat in trade in the event David Wright returns
Still believing David Wright will eventually return, the Mets would like to add a versatile bat via trade who can shift and start at another position when Wright returns. It’s still not clear if Wright will play again this season, but according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, the team doesn’t want to be, “boxed…
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Would the Mets consider trading Brandon Nimmo?
Brandon Nimmo was the first amateur drafted by the Mets under Sandy Alderson’s watch. He was a skinny 18-year-old from Wyoming who was risky in that he simply hadn’t played very much competitive baseball given where he was from. Nimmo has always been very young in every professional league he’s played in, and he seemed to…
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Mets might have been able to trade Dillon Gee for Juan Uribe, but passed
With the excess starting pitching at the big league level and the need to find some offense due to injury and underperformance, the Mets may have had an opportunity to clear the logjam in a deal with the Dodgers. Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes the Mets may have been able to trade Gee…
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Mets looking to trade second tier pitching, but no catchers right now
The Mets have shown a reluctance to deal from their wealth of pitching prospects, specifically their top shelf crop including Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz. But as the need for offense has only grown in recent weeks, and the surpluses among their starting pitchers have only grown in quantity and extended awkwardness, the Mets may be willing…