Mets get Mullins

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

According to the internet

DiComo 1st

Raimon Gomez, Anthony Nunez and Chandler Marsh are going back to Baltimore.

Gomez is #22, Nunez #27 in Baseball America Met ratings

[Gwreck]

Not great, Bob

Mullins is an FA at the end of the season.

Has OPS+ of 107, 101, 104, and 105 from 2022-2025. 0.1 WAR so far this year.

[ashie62]

Mullins as an upgrade is questionable

At least they didn't give up much for him. Luis Robert, albeit low achieving,bwould have been my pick

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

He's a good player, he's better than Taylor, he's going to bat 8th or 9th on this team, he sees a lot of pitches, he can steal bases.

There is a lot to recommend him

only cost 3 ****** prospects

[Gwreck]

Is he actually better than Taylor?

Tyrone has a 0.8 WAR this year despite never hitting. Mullins has 0.1 with basically league-average offense (105 OPS+).

Mullins is showing as dead last on the CF leaderboard with -13 Defensive runs saved. Taylor is #7 overall.

[Edgy MD]

He has a long history of highlight catches, going way over the wall, and I am guessing that the Mets do not think that -13 is where he really is at.

The real problem problem, I tend to think, is that, as a lefty, he won't really be taking much time away from Taylor, but more likely pushing McNeil back to the infield and taking time away from Baty/Vientos/Mauricio/Acuña. He will likely take a roster spot from Luisangel, too.

OE: Has been hothanded of late, for what that is worth, going 10-for-23 over his last 7 games, with 5 doubles and 2 homers.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

I saw both games in Baltimore this week and he made some great catches and hit his 100th home run. Keeps McNeil at second base or DH so it will be interesting to see where the kid Mets all end up playing - unless one of them goes in a deal for a starter tonight.

I think they made excellent deadline deals.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

So Taylor if he has any WAR it's all in fielding but it's sort of a "least you can do" situation for me. He kills us every night at the plate.

I liked Taylor a lot as a guy off the bench last year and this returns him to that role.

I'd like a meatier hitter in this lineup too.

[Cowtipper]

He is a what-could-have-been who has yet to be.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, he has been. He is, like, MISTER 2021.

The Mets should also re-acquire Cedric Landrum.

[smg58]

A right-handed bat would have been more helpful, plus his defensive metrics have nosedived the last two seasons. I don't think I would have bothered.

[Lefty Specialist]

My Balamer friend says we'll like him. Hits better than Taylor, but who doesn't? At least they're not getting Luis Robert Jr, which would have been a disaster.

I'd have preferred a starting pitcher, but I'm not David Stearns.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

My Balamer friend says we'll like him. Hits better than Taylor, but who doesn't? At least they're not getting Luis Robert Jr, which would have been a disaster.

I'd have preferred a starting pitcher, but I'm not David Stearns.

 

Is Stearns saying he's done? We have some time before the deadline ends!

[Edgy MD]

My Balamer friend says ... .

 

This hurts.

[Edgy MD]

My Balamer friend says we'll like him. Hits better than Taylor, but who doesn't? At least they're not getting Luis Robert Jr, which would have been a disaster.

I'd have preferred a starting pitcher, but I'm not David Stearns.

 

Is Stearns saying he's done? We have some time before the deadline ends!

 

Twenty-five minutes, to be exact.

[Gwreck]

more likely pushing McNeil back to the infield and taking time away from Baty/Vientos/Mauricio/Acuña. He will likely take a roster spot from Luisangel, too.

 

Query if this is actually a problem. Have any of those four guys hit well enough to justify an everyday spot in the lineup? The results to date indicate “no.”

[Centerfield]

I don't know much about Mullins. Seems he's not very good.

[ashie62]

How is Mullins better than Taylor? Neither can hit a lick. Maybe Mullins has a change of scenery upside

Did they ask about Steven Kwan?. Just askin

Stupid trade

[ashie62]

more likely pushing McNeil back to the infield and taking time away from Baty/Vientos/Mauricio/Acuña. He will likely take a roster spot from Luisangel, too.

 

Query if this is actually a problem. Have any of those four guys hit well enough to justify an everyday spot in the lineup? The results to date indicate “no.”

 

Agreed, shoulda tried Acuna in CF

[Edgy MD]

more likely pushing McNeil back to the infield and taking time away from Baty/Vientos/Mauricio/Acuña. He will likely take a roster spot from Luisangel, too.

 

Query if this is actually a problem. Have any of those four guys hit well enough to justify an everyday spot in the lineup? The results to date indicate “no.”

 

I don't know about everyday, and there is no reason to play any of them everyday in what now amounts to about 1.7 positions (third base, second against some lefties, DH against some righties)*, but they have mostly all been hitting the last couple of weeks. Mauricio in particular. They have certainly outplayed the non-Soto everyday players since the All-Star Break.

I do question whether Mullins will outhit the composite of them going forward, but we will find out. I have seen him long enough to know he can. And hey, just some redundancy is a good thing.

* They were sharing something like 2.4 positions before Mullins was acquired.

[Fman99]

I prefer this trade to any for Luis Robert Jr. that would have cost a Met that I heard of, or liked. These guys they gave up ? They are unknown to me

[Centerfield]

Mullins seems really streaky.

His OPS by month:

March/April: .927

May: .574

June: .500

July: .868

So he's either gonna rake or suck.

Last year too:

April/March: .701

May: .344!!!

June: .849

July: .800

August: .641

September: .857

A few more notes.

He has reverse splits in 2025, but for his career has traditional splits. .777 vs. RHP, .656 against LHP. Had a hamstring injury on May 30. So maybe some of his struggles arise from that.

Probably not. Let's just hope he gets hot for 2 and a half months.

[Edgy MD]

He was a switch-hitter through 2020. He switched to solely batting lefthanded and had a mega-year in 2021, finishing ninth in MVP voting and more or less deserving to.

But the pitchers adjusted or something, because come 2022, he fell back to pretty much the exact same hitter he was before abandoning switch hitting.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I hope he gets a nickname of "Moon".

And I'll be surprised if many people here get that reference.

[roger_that]

I hope he gets a nickname of "Moon".

And I'll be surprised if many people here get that reference.

 

First thing I thought of.

[MFS62]

Ditto

Later

[Frayed Knot]

I thought of Willard (not really)

mlb.com, which listed the Mets as one of the six "winners" at the trade deadline*, had this to say about Mullins:

The highlight move is trading for Cedric Mullins, who is going to look strange in a uniform that doesn’t have an orange bird on it, but otherwise should fit in snugly in Queens, doing just about everything well enough (if nothing spectacularly anymore) at a position of obvious need. He also is a free agent at the end of the year, which eliminates any real long-term risk. (And they’re going to love him there. Who doesn’t love Cedric Mullins?)

* also Phils, Mariners, Astros, Padres, A's (for getting a top 5 overall prospect)

[ashie62]

Me?

For now, maybe he turns back the clock and rakes

[Edgy MD]

My association is Cedric the Entertainer.

[metirish]

Tough spot for Mullins to find himself in, Mets need to get him going