Roster shakeup ahead?

[seawolf17]

Unless the Reds are eating a lot of salary, I'm meh on Votto. But Jay Bruce would be interesting.

[Frayed Knot]

Bruce is going to be a big name for a lot of teams in trade deadline talks this summer and has seemingly been on the NYM radar forever - even going back to his draft year when they reportedly passed him over for Pelfrey (JB was taken 4 picks later).

But is a meh-BA (.274 this season but .249 career), high-K (150+/yr avg), lefty-swinging OF really what we want for a half-season? Seems to me we've already got our share of guys fitting that description and I'd just as soon take my chances with Conforto-Nimmo (sounds like a cloud of some sort) than spend resources on him. If he did come presumably he'd play RF--where he'd upgrade the arm situation but probably not the glove--while shoving Grandy over to LF and relegating all the younger guys to the bench/Vegas.

[Centerfield]

Frayed Knot wrote: Bruce is going to be a big name for a lot of teams in trade deadline talks this summer and has seemingly been on the NYM radar forever - even going back to his draft year when they reportedly passed him over for Pelfrey (JB was taken 4 picks later). But is a meh-BA (.274 this season but .249 career), high-K (150+/yr avg), lefty-swinging OF really what we want for a half-season? Seems to me we've already got our share of guys fitting that description and I'd just as soon take my chances with Conforto-Nimmo (sounds like a cloud of some sort) than spend resources on him. If he did come presumably he'd play RF--where he'd upgrade the arm situation but probably not the glove--while shoving Grandy over to LF and relegating all the younger guys to the bench/Vegas.

Agreed. Pass on Bruce.

[TransMonk]

Worst. Shakeup. Ever.

Adam Rubin wrote: Team officials would not swear to that decision late Monday, but they acknowledged the only shakeup when the Mets resume play on Tuesday against the Kansas City Royals at Citi Field may be Travis d'Arnaud's return from the disabled list.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/120677/michael-conforto-likely-to-stick-in-majors-for-now

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe lists the Mets as one of several teams that may be a good fit for... Ryan Braun.

Ryan Braun, OF, Brewers — “He’s the hot name out there,” said one National League scout. Braun is having an outstanding year, seemingly all the way back from PED disgrace and the subsequent reduction of his numbers. Which team could benefit from the righthanded, middle-of-the-order bat? The scout thought the Astros, Cardinals, Red Sox, Phillies, Mets, Giants, and White Sox were good fits. Braun is in the first year of a five-year, $105 million extension.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2016/05/28/nick-cafardo-red-sox-bring-back-good-memories-for-ruben-amaro/fqP5o5RNFh9ldvB2rIZP7K/story.html

[Lefty Specialist]

F no on Braun.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Get Reyes and Braun and we can recreate the 2011 batting title race. Each day, the first one of the two to get a bunt single gets to leave the game early.

[Ceetar]

Braun would be a great get. wonder what he'd cost. probalby more than Wheeler.

[ashie62]

It will take more tahn Wheeler now.

Zack Wheeler has been backed off his rehab due to renewed elbow discomfort.
He won't throw his scheduled simulated game this week, and this will also further delay a minor league rehab assignment. Wheeler had been aiming to return from Tommy John surgery shortly after the All-Star break. He might now be sidelined through all of July. The right-hander is scheduled to be examined by Mets team doctors on Wednesday in New York.

DiComo

[Edgy MD]

OPS Rankings of Mets by Position Among 15 NL Teams

Catcher: 15
First Base: 13
Second Base: 4
Third Base: 7
Shortstop: 9
Left Field: 8
Center Field: 2
Right Field: 9

Pitcher: 2
Designated Hitter: 3
Pinch Hitter: 13

Looks to me like first base is the place to make an acquisition, and perhaps backup catcher if the right guy can be identified.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Depth acquisitions with offensive pop work too. (See: "pinch hitting.")

Also, also... unless Wilmer starts living up to that potential, that third base ranking will likely free-fall in the coming weeks.