[Passan] Trade news: The A’s are acquiring second baseman Jeff McNeil from the New York Mets, sources tell ESPN. New York will receive a rookie-ball pitcher and will send money to help cover the $17.75 million owed McNeil on the remainder of his contract.
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Nice, possibly a few years too late. He was a decent hitter for a bit but now he’s a drag in any lineup trying to compete. Mainly his play can’t back up his attitude these days. Enjoy Sacramento and evidently retirement!
30 hr season for Jeff incoming !
McNeil for “generic rookie ball pitcher” is not what I would have expected
Mets are doing that thing in Scrabble where you can’t figure out a plan with what you have so you just turn in all your tiles for new ones
A’s got the scrappiest middle infield these eyes have ever seen
We’re gonna have to see how much cash went and what rookie ball arm it is.
Two things:
1) The A’s get a solid 2B they can slot in to their lineup and roster given their current infield depth.
2) This feels like the Mets are clearing the way to sign/go full steam ahead on a big FA infielder (Bo or Bregman come to mind).
Great news for Fransisco Lindor
In one off season the Mets lost or got rid of all of their players that I dislike.
Who will I hate on now?
FYI he’s coming off Thoracic Outlet Syndrome so any deal was going to be a salary dump
I can’t tell if the new-look Mets are gonna be closer to 70 or 100 wins
This sub was itching to talk about the Mets again they couldn’t go a day
Shout out to the longest tenured New York Met: 29 year-old grizzled veteran David Peterson.
I mean we all kinda knew he was leaving eventually this off season after all the drama, just surprised more replacements haven’t been made.
Jeff McNeil sent to the Shadow Realm (Sac town)
A’s shopping in the marked-down bargain bin, which is nothing new.
I like this trade for the Mets it opens up spots for benge or Williams to contribute meaningful time next year. McNeil is old and not great anymore, after not making the playoffs last year there needed to be big changes. I still think they should sign one of bichette, Tucker or belli but I like the direction they’re going in trying to get younger
Damn, I know Jeff had his clubhouse issues but he was so fun to watch for a while there. He could just flick the ball wherever he wanted and played good defense all over the field
A’s are getting a really solid utility guy here if he’s recovered from his TOS surgery and I hope he can help the young guys keep improving
Jeff is still a very solid player and gets a lot of undeserved hate. He’s not the contact king batting champion he was but he’s far from a liability. This is a great pickup for the A’s
Sorry about sending you to the void Jeff. We knew you were leaving, but I didn’t want it to be so cold.
The Sacramento Squirrel. Good luck and if you swear just know it’s a minor league stadium so more people will hear you
They sent him to the shadow realm 😭😭 he does not deserve this
bro got banished to Sacramento oooooooof
The clearly let Lindor pick where he went to
Godspeed, squirrel. I’ll miss your sass.
At this point I need the Mets front office to come out publicly with what their plan is, I fear they’ve lost the plot
Cohen, not broke. Strearns shedding money to add a bat, trade for walk year SP’s. Stearns won’t go past 3 yrs on FA SP. maybe banking on one of them to sign short deal, high AAV with opt outs.
Trade market should open up after Imai signs. Skubal is the white whale.
When you hit “shop around” in OOTP and nothing comes up.
Congrats to Brett Baty for becoming the resident dorky position player on the Mets.
About what I expected in return. He’s a starter in Sacramento but should be a utility guy on a contender and that’s not worth what he’s a making.
Honestly this is a steal for the A’s to fill up arguably the biggest hole on their roster, assuming Gelof doesn’t fix his offense and assuming Muncy develops at 3B, and provides a veteran presence on the field.
Now they just need literally any pitching lmao. I know a lot of big pitchers aren’t going to want to pitch in Sacramento but like even dumpster diving for like Verlander, Sugano, and Marquez would be something cute to see
it’s funny how they don’t field a competitive roster for 2 decades and then now they have all this money all of a sudden despite not being in vegas yet. surely MLB will be looking into this!!
u/no_quarter89 pour some out for the full trade prediction. Another domino falls. This being the forst named player you predicted heading to a different team. So far it was just the speculation of Palanco playing first. But now we weep for what could have been an epic prediction.