The Mets traded third baseman Eduardo Escobar to the Angels Friday night for two pitching prospects, Coleman Crow and Landon Marceaux. The Angels were down two infielders with both Anthony Rendon and Gio Urshela hurt.
Crow is a high strikeout, low walk pitcher, but so far in the minors, that has not translated to a low ERA. Marceaux limits home run better than Crow, but his relatively low K rate is catching up to him at AA this season where he allowed 72 hits in 59 innings.
The 34-year-old Escobar was hitting .236/.286/.409 for the Mets this season, and New York will pick up most of his remaining contract.
I can see the GM’s across the league salivating over the sell off coming up next month. If I was a playoff contender, I’m already on the phone finding out what the Mets would want for some of their players.
I don’t see this as a sell-off. The Mets just had too many 3B, Eppler saw an opportunity to stock up and pitching due to the Angels’ need, and now Baty might get to show what he can do against LHP on a regular basis.