Mets get Burgos for Bannister

[Guest Edgy DC]

Rotblatt wrote: ]seems like Seo-for-Sanchez all over again, 11 months later Totally agree, Edgy. I like this deal a lot.

Well, I can frame it that way, but it won't come close to guaranteeing the outcome.

As usual, I'm down on trades generally, but I guess the Mets made this one for similar reasons as the Seochez one, and that one flew.

The plural is Ambiorices.

[seawolf17]

Yeah, it be Ambiorices. (Like "matrices.")

I like the deal too. I soured on Bannister when we saw him walk about fourteen Norwich Navigators in three innings two summers ago. (That's him below, warming up before the game.) No great loss, and if you can get a young power arm, you go get him. Nice move.

[Frayed Knot]

The thing about Bannister is that he was never really considered hot prospect
material despite getting lumped in with the rest of "the kids" in the minds of
some fans.
Only a 7th round draft pick - and as a college senior at that - he made some
nice progress thru the minor league system and, I think, surprised mgmt by getting
as far as he got so quickly. I just don't get the idea that anyone ever thought his
ceiling was all that high.

Would have been nice to see what he could have done if not injured last year.
Maybe he would have settled down and got hisself a full-time spot in the rotation -
or, instead, maybe fallen on his face and made us burn someone else in this trade.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The thing about Burgos:

He opened the season at the Royals closer and converted on just 18 of his 30 save chances, matching a club record with 12 blown saves.

[Guest attgig]

Edgy DC wrote: The thing about Burgos: He opened the season at the Royals closer and converted on just 18 of his 30 save chances, matching a club record with 12 blown saves.

so, he's not ready to be a closer yet. he still has nasty stuff, and he's real young.

[metirish]

Watching the Tigers this post-season and seeing those young hard throwers come in from the pen makes me excited about this kid...not saying he's got their stuff but it's exciting.

[Guest heep]

Bannister was probably not going to earn a rotation spot this year, with the surplus of arms we have, so although he is moving from a powerhouse to a losing team, he might of caught a huge break to play and perform, much like Keppinger.

They will have more chances in KC, so all the best to them.

[Frayed Knot]

Rany Jazayeli, Baseball Prospectus's resident Royals fan, weighs in on the trade with the kind
of exasperation one might expect from a KC fan of this era.

[metirish]

] Did I mention that Burgos is more than 3 years younger than Bannister? Or that he�s moving to the inferior league? Or that the scouting impression of Bannister is that of a #4/#5 starter at best?

inferior league?........

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Mets have Ambiorixia.


I have bad puns.

[Guest cleonjones11]

metirish wrote: ] Did I mention that Burgos is more than 3 years younger than Bannister? Or that he�s moving to the inferior league? Or that the scouting impression of Bannister is that of a #4/#5 starter at best? inferior league?........

We don't have a 4th or 5th starter

[Willets Point]

cleonjones11 wrote: ="metirish"] ] Did I mention that Burgos is more than 3 years younger than Bannister? Or that he�s moving to the inferior league? Or that the scouting impression of Bannister is that of a #4/#5 starter at best? inferior league?........ We don't have a 4th or 5th starter

Correction, we have nothing but 4th and 5th starters.