Everything was fine until things got weird and writers present at Citi Field started reporting that Flores was still in the game and playing shortstop as if nothing had happened.
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The Mets have been trying to find a presence in the batting order to assist their hopes of taking down the Nationals in the NL East.
Minor league outfielder Brett Phillips, seen here in 2014 with the Class A Lancaster JetHawks, was the centerpiece of Thursday’s big trade with the Brewers, who sent two-time All-Star Carlos Gomez to the Astros. “I said, ‘Why?’ There’s no reason”, Flores said, via ESPN. And he showed it…
It was quickly established that Flores was part of the deal and had been traded to the Brewers.
Nevertheless, thinking that he’d be leaving New York, Flores teared up right on the field.
Soon after the initial reports and after Flores found out about the supposedly impending trade, more reports followed that the deal was in fact not done.
Carlos Gomez was a New York Met for about 45 minutes. Flores was believed to be weeping after getting news of a deal, and some questioned why he was left in the game, but Mets manager Terry Collins said there was no knowledge on the field about any deal.
Gomez, 29, was set to be traded to the Mets in a deal that fell apart in the final stages Wednesday night. Just days after seeing the updated prospect list from MLB.com, the Brewers will have plenty of names from the trade to add to their organizational top-30 list, including two more players who are ranked in the top-100 overall and they owe it all to the New York Mets. It’s all he knows as a professional baseball player, and it’s hard to grasp the realization that it could end at any moment. “But they say, no, it’s true that you get traded to the Houston Astros”. Last season, Fiers appeared in 14 games for the Brewers, posting a 2.13 ERA, 0.879 WHIP, and 76 strikeouts over 71 2/3 innings.
But the Mets have typically bounced back.
Perhaps channeling Jimmy Dugan during his famous no-crying pep talk in “A League of Their Own“, Collins said during the news conference that he pulled Flores aside and reminded him he still had business on the field. 833 OPS. Gomez is one of two players with at least 100 stolen bases and 50 home runs over the last four seasons, joining the Angels Mike Trout.
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Alderson shut the door on the team revisiting Gomez before Friday’s trade deadline.
