Breaking Down Mets’ Haul From Their Huascar Brazobán Trade

On Monday, the New York Mets completed another deal in which they acted as the sellers, sending 36-year-old reliever Huascar Brazobán to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for two prospects: Double-A right-hander Gabe Davis, who was the White Sox’s 18th-best prospect according to MLB Pipeline, and Triple-A righty Zach Franklin.

Brazobán has multiple years of cheap control remaining and had posted a solid 2.56 ERA in 52 2/3 innings with the Mets in 2026, but it makes sense to bet on the two young arms they got in the deal to contribute in the near future.

How good are they? Can they be counted to help when the Mets are contenders again? Let’s take a look:

Gabe Davis

Davis was taken in the fifth round of the 2025 MLB Draft by the White Sox, out of Oklahoma State. His college numbers weren’t all that impressive, but his 6’9’’, 234-lb frame and power stuff were enough for Chicago to give him an over-slot deal last year.

According to MLB Pipeline, he sits in the 94-97 mph range and touches 100 with his fastball, “which features more downhill plane than arm-side run, so it can get hit when he doesn't command it. His tight upper-80s slider climbs as high as 92 mph, and he can turn it into a harder cutter. His mid-80s changeup lacks consistency but will flash some intriguing fade and tumble.”

The scary thing is that Davis can still add some beef to his frame and, perhaps, throw a bit harder. Since the Mets don’t really need him this year, they won’t rush him and will allow him time to develop.

This year, the 22-year-old posted a 2.63 ERA in 27 1/3 innings in High-A, with seven walks and 33 punchouts, before struggling in Double-A with a ghastly 8.31 ERA in 34 2/3 frames. He has struck out 37 hitters in Double-A, but his 17 walks are a tad high. The biggest issue at that level, however, has been the 2.86 homers he has allowed per nine innings. Until he can get that number down, he won’t be able to keep advancing.

Still, it’s easy to see that the talent is there for him to be a contributor in a year or two for the Mets. He could be a mid-rotation starter if he gets the walks and homers in check, but if not, he may be an impact reliever.

Zach Franklin

Franklin is not your hot, young prospect; he is 27 and wasn’t in the White Sox’s top 30 list, nor is he in the Mets’. However, you can say he is a polished pitcher who posted a 4.37 ERA in 45 1/3 innings in Chicago’s Triple-A team this year, with 14 walks and 60 strikeouts.

Like Davis, Franklin has a bit of a home run problem, allowing 2.18 per nine innings in Triple-A in 2026. He is mostly a reliever, although he can pitch multiple frames per outing.

Selected in the 10th round of the 2023 MLB Draft, Franklin was included among the White Sox’s top 20 prospects by FanGraphs’ James Fegan in late 2025. His thoughts on him are, at the very least, interesting:

“Between COVID and a medical redshirt season, Franklin was a sixth-year senior at Missouri in 2023 with ugly surface numbers and an uglier delivery when the Sox took a $10,000 flier on him in the 10th round. But his short-armed, vertical-riding mid-90s heater has always piled up whiffs, and while the right-hander is entering his 40-man platform year at age 27, it also comes on the heels of a season that saw him strike out 35.3% of hitters in 56.1 innings while finishing the year at the end of the Triple-A bullpen,” he wrote.

Baseball America says he has “a 94 mph fastball that has touched 99 this year with some carry.” He also throws a slider and a mid-80s splitter-changeup that has made strides in recent seasons.

Per Fegan, the Sox added a leg kick to Franklin’s mechanics to help keep his weight back at the time of the delivery, and it has been a somewhat successful adjustment.