From MLB Trade Rumors:
Hays has his attributes but is a better fit as a complementary player than a full-time solution. He swings from the right side and has been a subpar hitter against righty pitchers in his career. However, he has a .282/.340/.479 line and 124 wRC+ with the platoon advantage. The split was even more extreme in 2025, with Hays batting .319/.400/.549 for a 155 wRC+ against southpaws.
An outfielder who can crush lefties is still worth something. The Mariners just gave Rob Refsnyder$6.25MM for a similar profile.
Benge is a lefty and he showed notable splits in the minors this year, with a .232/.407/.326 line against lefties compared to a .295/.379/.512 line against righties.
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We are so screwed.
Bruh no. Get someone real
No thanks
Lolwut
Fuck that homophobic ass
Yo we went from a few pieces away to being a contender to a complete question mark. It’s hard to trust the process when reports are linking us to 38 year old past-his-prime Paul Goldschmidt after we let our home run leader walk…
Don’t worry guys. Everyone the Mets have been in talks for so far haven’t joined the team. So very unlikely he will be a met
Fuck Hays. Replacement level AND a massive homophobe, i dont want that schmuck anywhere near my team
No thanks. Didn’t like him on the O’s.
Let stearns cook
I will egg your house Stearns
Feel like this is a backup if the all the Mets targets get ridiculous deals
I’m honestly at the point that any news I’m gonna regard as *not happening* especially if it’s coming from Heyman.
I’m sure we’re in on everyone, don’t mean nothin
the Mets don’t leak, this probably isn’t true
Don’t like the idea of platooning a rookie potential star. When Benge makes the team let him play full time and get experience
He had a good first half then got hurt and cratered down the stretch. Just what they need.
I’m sure we’ll find underlying metrics on Jared Young that we’ll talk ourselves into defending
The Mets discuss a lot of things…
Seriously rumor sports journalism gets boring. Let us know when someone has an agreement
More platoons. Yay.
He didn’t have a nice year. He had a great April and then didn’t do much of anything. His statcast page is…not great.
Rebuild in full effect
Please, no.
Have they discussed Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge yet?
We should just have Darin Ruf and Vogelbach and John Mayberry Jr play all three outfield positions. Maybe Jason Bay can learn to throw a knuckleball and be our number three starter.
Carson Benge and Jacob Reimer better be fucking all-stars in the next 24 months
There are two reasons I don’t like this.
1. I only like platoons if you are also getting good defense. Otherwise I think it’s a waste of a roster spot. From what I can see, Hays is an awful defender. For example, the internal “discussion” of Goldy at 1B as a platoon is intriguing because you not only get a gold glove first baseman but you also get his 986 OPS against lefties.
2. I would not platoon a rookie top prospect who needs to see regular playing time
Breaking: the Mets have discussed repainting the breakroom internally. Cobalt blue is nice but giving guys headaches, momentum towards peach. Would compliment alt jerseys nicely.
So we got rid of 114 ops+ and 144 ops+ from last year for a guy with a 104 ops+ and a 97 ops+.
Got it.
Keep him in the Bronx and get Ketel Marte please. We need real offense