Nobody seems to have a sense of what the New York Mets are doing before Wednesday’s 4 p.m. trade deadline. Picking up right-hander Marcus Stroman was a move that came out of nowhere for general manager Brodie Van Wagenen. Trading left-hander Jason Vargas (to the Phillies) was almost a given. Now the first-year GM has to decide if he wants to move right-handers Zack Wheeler and Noah Syndergaard.
The 29-year-old Wheeler, who will be a free agent after the season, seems more likely to go as a short-term rental for a contender.
But the 26-year-old Syndergaard has two more years of arbitration eligibility remaining and won’t be a free agent until after the 2021 season.
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So Syndergaard is the more highly-coveted pitcher, which means he also has the higher price tag.
The New York Yankees are one of several teams shopping for starting pitching before the deadline. General manager Brian Cashman has been linked to both Wheeler and Syndergaard.
But WFAN’s Mike Francesa said Monday there’s no way the Yankees will be able to pry Syndergaard from the Mets. Per WFAN:
“What I have heard in the last hours is that … in the Mets’ process here, and in their belief system of what they want, there are very few teams that can give them what they want here, and the Yankees don’t seem to be one of those teams, from what I understand. The Yankees, which is what you’re interested in, do not really have the prospects that would give the Mets enough that they would be content ... They like (Deivi) Garcia, but they don’t like anybody else. So, unless they put (Gleyber) Torres in the deal, which we all know they’re not doing … Syndergaard is not going to go to the Yankees, because they don’t have a group that’s going to work, they don’t have a package that’s going to work. Now, what teams do? From what I understand, the Braves do, but I don’t see the Mets and Braves making a trade … and San Diego … according to what I understand from people I trust, they have the prospects that could make the deal.”
This isn’t Francesa’s first dip into the trade deadline pool.
Last week, he openly campaigned against the Yankees trading for Cleveland Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer, calling him a “nutcase” and a “fool.”
Bauer lived up to that reputation with an epic mound meltdown on Sunday.
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2019-07-30 10:50:00Z
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