[Puma] Hearing that the expectation is the Mets will work out a trade that involves Tomas Nido, who was designated for assignment by the club today.
Hearing that the expectation is the Mets will work out a trade that involves Tomas Nido, who was designated for assignment by the club today.
— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) June 5, 2023
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Nido is under team control through 2024 and very inexpensive. Finding a trade partner wasn’t going to be difficult. Catching position is thin league wide and he has a reputation as a plus defender.
Nido for Ohtani and Trout.
Fetch a triple A pitcher with upside
Plesac?
I would give anything to see them package Vogelbach and Nido for a triple A quality sp or middle relief with some upside.
Hopefully they have can get a decent pen arm
Why on Earth would a team trade for Nido when they already passed him on waivers?
Edit: My bad, I forgot how DFA’s work, I didn’t realize the Mets can still trade him after the DFA
Nido for Trout, Rendon, and Ohtani. Probably a fair trade
Wouldn’t mind getting one of those competitive balance draft picks for Nido + Cash (Red’s and A’s could use money and a low cost under contract catcher). There appears to be some decent pitching depth in this draft that could plug into AA or AAA next season.
It’s a bummer to see Nido go but he’s a useful, valuable asset to any MLB org short st C.
He’s a strong clubhouse presence and a great fielder who pitchers enjoy throwing to, plus he’s signed to a very reasonable deal. He’s an absolutely first class backup and it wouldn’t be crazy to roll with him as a glove-first starter based on his glove (tho obviously he’s better suited to backup duty).
I’m sure he’ll find a spot elsewhere in MLB and become popular with whatever fanbase is lucky enough to have him.
We can prob get a bag of blem balls for him
TIL when a player is DFA’d there’s a 7 day holding period where a team can trade him, before he’s placed on waivers.