Trading Aces Isn't An Answer

In order to win in Baseball, having a good pitching staff can go a long way. When it comes to the New York Mets, they have two pitchers who can do that in Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard. Just three years ago, those two guys, along with the rest of their teammates, were the toast of the town having made it to the World Series. Now, they Mets seam to have come close to hitting bottom, with the worst record in baseball over the last two months. So the question now sits at, would trading the two aces be the right move?

Looking at the way things are going right now for the Mets, its a tempting offer. Rumors had been swirling around that the two aces could be shipped off to the Yankees, which makes no sense what so ever. I mean, sure, if the right package of players came back the other way, it would be worth consideration. At the same time a deal to the Yankees for those guys wouldn't exactly deal back those mega top prospects like the Mets are hoping for. Besides, at least from where I sit, trading those two guys to the Yanks would be like the Bombers considering trading Judge to the Red Sox.

Yanks have the best record in baseball, while the Mets have one of the worst. So it makes no sense what so ever for the Mets to consider getting rid of their two best pitchers to the best team in the game. Now would it be a solution for the problem to help get the Mets back on track? Not exactly. Yes it might bring back some good young crop of talent, kind of along the lines of what the Yankees got back in dealing their players at the deadline a few years ago, most notably pitchers Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman in separate deals. At this moment, trading away their best pitchers makes no sense.

I do, however, agree that something big does need to be done to get the Mets back on track. They've already taken a step in the right direction by cutting ties with Adrian Gonzales, who  was hitting .237 with six homers and twenty six driven in, but in his final game against the Yanks on Sunday struck out three times. I'm actually surprised he hung around as long as he did. Next up on the chopping block,. or should be at least, is Jose Reyes. Don't get me wrong, Reyes was great. Key word there is was. Reyes is hitting .149 with one home run and three runs driven in. He is nowhere near as good as he was in his last stint with the Mets. Remember after he won his batting title, Reyes bolted town for a big contract, which he got in Miami. He hasn't been anywhere near the same since coming back to the team. Look at the play he failed to make Sunday night. He wasn't on the bag when trying to turn a double play and then made a horrible throw onto first. He can't hang in this league anymore and its sad to see what's happened to a guy of his talent level and all the hype that surrounded him when he came up;. So Reyes needs to go.

Its not just on the guys who are here, its also on the guys who aren't. Look at the lineup that's not even here due to injuries. The biggest one not being here is Yoenis Cespedes. He even said he may not really be in a rush to come back with the way things are looking in Queens. Right now I can't blame him. At the same time, he's still getting paid a lot of money to play this game and he still isn't back on the field yet, which to us Mets fans is maddening. He needs to be playing through the pain. Which I'm guessing Jay Bruce might be doing, because his numbers are way down for a guy of his talent level. So you can make the argument all you want about the pitching, that's not the problem. Just imagine how bad this team would be if it wasn't for the starting pitching, which has kept them in a lot of these baseball games. They just never get any offensive support, which is the biggest hole on this team right now.