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Originally Posted by metsandfinsfan
So what mets top prospects have the mets traded in the past 30 years that makes you sure this means kellnick wil turn into mike trout?
Puslipher?
Wilson?
Preston Wilson?
Ochoa?
Please
So if the Mets have traded a top prospect since 1988, he will turn into Trout? If not, he won't?
But okay...Carlos Gomez, Scott Kazmir, Jeff Kent were all pretty good for a while. They've also DFA'd Justin Turner and refused to sign Murphy when he was begging to come back to them. Still don't know why what past GMs have done will have a result on Kelenic's future. (If I'm allowed to go back closer to 50 years, there was this guy named Nolan Ryan too.)
But this is the Mets' way. He's destined to become a star once they've parted with him. Nobody's Trout, but Nimmo/Conforto is actually a pretty good comp for him (3-5 fWAR). Then again, I feel like I was one of the few here high on Nimmo a few years ago too. And that's when I thought he was just going to be a high OBP guy without much power.
If you want a history of how Met trades for aging second basemen have worked out...Baerga, Alomar.
The point is, Brodie had all the leverage in the world in this trade. Nobody was going to take on Cano's contract and he wouldn't have waived his no-trade to go many other places. They weren't looking to trade Diaz. He just gave them everything they could have wanted. Have some conversations with free agent middle IFs (Asdrubal?) or the multitude of closers on the market this winter and make the Mariners sweat. If the Mets don't make this trade, it's no big deal. The Mariners needed to unload Cano more than the Mets needed either of them right now.