Comments on: BP Mets Unfiltered: With d’Arnaud out, Mets should think creatively behind the plate

By: Mets - Baseball Prospectus

Mets - Baseball Prospectus — Tue, 08 May 2018 10:10:31 +0000

[…] written already that I believe they should be actively engaging with the Marlins on J.T. Realmuto, as, despite his high price tag, the fit for this team is just too perfect. But if not the big fish […]

By: justinmears

justinmears — Sat, 14 Apr 2018 03:52:30 +0000

Thank you for the feedback, John. I agree with a lot of what you said, and while I also would not want to include both Dunn and Szapucki, as we’ve learned, pitching prospects can be fickle and that’s a chance we’d have to be okay with taking. Regarding Nimmo, I hear everything you’re saying and it would be very difficult to deal him away for all the reasons you outlined. The issue is we really don’t have any other legitimate Major Leaguer who is not an integral part of our team, and the Mets would have to part with something the Marlins could roll out right away. A possible wild card to pay attention to as the season goes on is a potential Justin Bour trade on their end. Bour is a serious left handed power hitter who could undoubtedly help a contending team, particularly one in the American League who could deploy him at DH to ensure at-bats. If Bour were to be traded and Dom Smith continues to play well in Vegas, it’s possible the Mets could try to put together a package centered around Smith, seeing as Miami would then have a clear need at position number three. I should have written in the article and I’m kicking myself for thinking it was too silly at the time, but I also could see Tim Tebow being included in a trade. It would sort of be a joke, but the man is from Florida and the Marlins attendance is nothing short of embarrassing. It’s not hard to envision that team then bringing him up with the sole motivation being to sell tickets.

By: John

John — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:31:43 +0000

The problem with this list is that the Mets don’t have any real depth in the outfield beyond Nimmo at the higher levels. You really have to go down to High A before you come to anyone who is even a marginal prospect. So there is no help coming from within if an outfielder gets hurt this year. And considering Cespedes and Lagares injury histories and Conforto coming back from a serious injury you have to plan for those injuries.
Although I don’t love giving up Dunn and Szapuki, I am okay since there is no guarantee with them at this point. But Nimmo has to be replaced with another player even if that player really has more long term value.