Lookout Landing, a Seattle Mariners blog, had news of the return first. As it turned out, the Astros had been engaged with the Brewers in talks for Gomez throughout the day on Wednesday. The rumour being he was headed to Milwaukee so the Mets could acquire Carlos Gomez.
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Gomez is under contract through the end of the 2016 season, while Fiers has one more year of arbitration remaining. The nine-year veteran is slashing.266/.332/.429 with eight home runs and 43 RBIs in 73 games.
Late on Wednesday, reports first started to leak out saying the Mets had acquired Gomez in exchange for Zack Wheeler and Wilmer Flores.
It was a rare moment of cheekiness, a finger in the eye of Hug Watch, and it wasn’t the craziest instance of trade deadline-related shenanigans in the Mets-Padres game, let alone the entire league. The Astros seem to have no concerns. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak and dropped New York two games back of Washington in the NL East. “… We don’t think anything is wrong with him besides any nick that happens to any ballplayer”. Alderson did not elaborate, but did apologize to Flores, who stayed in the game for several innings and was seen tearing up on camera.
The Astros secured center fielder Carlos Gomez in a six-player trade with the Milwaukee Brewers. Gomez, 29, is a two-time All-Star signed through 2016.
“It makes it really helpful”, Padres manager Pat Murphy said of Alonso and Solarte.
Only Mike Trout, Andrew McCutchen and Josh Donaldson compiled more wins above replacement than Gomez in that span, according to Fangraphs.
“It showed you the respect that the baseball fans in this town have”, Collins said. 279 with a. 323 on-base percentage, a. 548 slugging percentage, 26 homers and 79 RBIs in 99 games for Triple-A Sacramento this year.
“There is nothing at issue with Carlos Gomez’s health”, Boras told Sherman.
In other trades, the Los Angeles Dodgers, which haven’t won it all since 1988, the year of Kirk Gibson’s pinch homer off Dennis Eckersley, increased their already hefty payroll to $297 million with a three-team deal.
Usually, players are immediately pulled from the game when they’ve been traded. Matt Kemp, Yangervis Solarte and Will Venable all drove in early runs as San Diego chased Bartolo Colon (9-10) after only 2 1-3 innings, his shortest start since 2012.
As you can also see, the Astros added an arm as well in the form of Mike Fiers. Seeking its first postseason appearance since 2005, Houston entered Thursday with a one-game lead in the AL West.
Phillips is the prize of the package, described as a high-ceiling outfielder. He is 21 years old. He’s perhaps a top-40 prospect in all of baseball. If anyone can find a taker for Feldman, it is Jeff Luhnow.
“I got guys in the dugout reporting this thing, and nobody’s told me a word”, Collins said.
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While the Mets are busy showcasing their flaws, now might be a good time for a few to step up, with the Nationals rolling into Citi Field this weekend. He was recently promoted to Corpus Christi as the Astros try to better gauge his power and offense in general.
