Benjamin Grimm

I think what he's really saying is, nobody wanted him.

A lot of infielders. I think that's a good idea anyway.

So unless there's late-breaking news, it looks like Robert will stay for the remainder of the season.

Baseball America:

Based on what they got for Brazoban and Raley, I'd say yes, keep Torrens.

I agree. Although this deal wasn't as good as some of the things that had been suggested, it's still better than keeping him. The draft pick the Mets would have received would have been pretty low. At least Pitre is closer to being ready, plus you have two other guys as well.

I know there's probably more to come, since Tyrone Taylor is very likely to be dealt, and perhaps Holmes, Weaver, and Robert as well. (And maybe others?) But so far, I'm not very impressed. They don't look like they're reloading for 2027 and it doesn't look like their Top Thirty (or whatever) prospect list is significantly improved. The only acquisition I'm excited about (and I'm using the word pretty loosely) so far is Émilien Pitre. Maybe he's good enough and close enough to displace Marcus Semien next year. Maybe he can be that Steve Henderson I've been hoping for.

Wow, as if getting Tarik Skubal wasn't enough, now the Dodgers have Ben Rortvedt!

Not for middling prospects, anyway.

FanGraphs gives Émilien Pitre an ETA of 2027. I can't get to his Baseball America scouting report, but apparently Google Gemini can: Strengths Plate Discipline: Displays a remarkably mature eye, walking at a high clip (over 18% clip in parts of 2026) while keeping strikeout rates exceptionally low. Defense: Possesses above-average range to his right, comfortable turning double plays and making accurate throws on the run. Baserunning: Aggressive and efficient base stealer, compiling high stolen-base totals across his college and minor-league stints. [1, 2, 3, 4] Weaknesses & Limitations Lack of Power: Features a flat left-handed swing that produces grounders and singles/doubles rather than home runs, capping his power projection at around 5–10 home runs per year. Positional Versatility: Average arm strength restricts him mostly to second base rather than a utility or shortstop role. [1, 2, 3]

Anthony DiComo says... The Rays have added to their pitching staff in a big way, agreeing to a deal to acquire right-hander Freddy Peralta from the Mets for a package including multiple prospects, a source tells MLB.com's Anthony DiComo. The Mets will receive OF Aidan Smith (Rays' No. 15 prospect), RHP Gary Gill Hill (No. 26) and 2B Émilien Pitre (No. 27), a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand. The teams have not confirmed the deal

I saw a report that the Rays are very interested in Peralta. If so, the guy I want from them is Brayden Taylor: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/brayden-taylor/sa3022921/stats/batting Third baseman. Recently turned 24. Currently in AA but with an ETA, according to FanGraphs, of 2027. Rated number 76 by FanGraphs, number 6 in the Tampa Bay organization.

They never really should have listed him as a starter in the first place. There's no good reason to send him out there.

The Athletic is reporting that Peralta is one of the pitchers that the Cubs are targeting. Maybe my long-lasting yearning for Pedro Ramirez, who I had never heard of until about an hour ago, will finally be satisfied. (He can be our Steve Henderson!) He came up as a third baseman but that position is apparently blocked in Chicago so he's projected as a second baseman for the Cubs. Should he actually become a Met, both positions are reasonably open to him. This is from North Side Baseball: The versatile infield prospect has played in over 400 minor league games as a contact hitter with plus speed on the base paths. The 21-year-old switch-hitter has gained plenty of attention during his ascension, getting a Southern League All-Star nod and earning a slot with the big-league club’s 40-man roster. Pedro Ramirez - 2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking - North Side Baseball NORTHSIDEBASEBALL.COM Chicago found two high-level hitters out of a Venezuelan baseball program in 2021. Cubs top prospect Moisés Ballesteros has gained a lot of attention, especially since his impressive...

Maybe they can throw in Tobias Myers.

And if we want to filter this on the players closest to the majors, based on the ETA column, it will be one of these. Based on what little I can glean from this data, I'd suggest Pedro Ramirez of the Cubs. Hopefully, however, the Mets will put more time into their analysis than I have. Top 100 Org Rk Name Org Pos Current Level ETA 3 1 Kade Anderson SEA SP AA 2026 4 1 Walker Jenkins MIN CF AAA 2026 21 1 Gage Wood PHI SP AA 2026 22 2 River Ryan LAD SP AAA 2026 35 3 Kaelen Culpepper MIN SS AAA 2026 46 4 Brody Hopkins TBR SP AAA 2026 56 3 Pedro Ramírez CHC 2B MLB 2026 65 2 Elmer Rodríguez NYY SP AAA 2026 87 3 Karson Milbrandt MIA SP AAA 2026 88 7 Michael Forret TBR SP AAA 2026 92 3 Carlos Lagrange NYY SIRP AAA 2026 95 4 Harry Ford WSN C MLB 2026 100 7 Kendry Rojas MIN SP MLB 2026 1 1 Jesús Made MIL SS AA 2027 2 1 Franklin Arias BOS SS AAA 2027 8 1 Seth Hernandez PIT SP A+ 2027 9 1 Thomas White MIA SP AAA 2027 10 2 Ryan Sloan SEA SP AA 2027 11 1 Angel Genao CLE SS AAA 2027 13 1 Sebastian Walcott TEX SS AA 2027 17 1 Josue De Paula LAD RF AA 2027 18 1 George Lombard Jr. NYY SS AAA 2027 19 1 Roch Cholowsky CHW SS 2027 23 3 Mike Sirota LAD CF AA 2027 27 2 Anthony Eyanson BOS SP AA 2027 28 2 Liam Doyle STL SP AA 2027 29 2 Aidan Miller PHI SS AAA 2027 30 2 Jarlin Susana WSN SP AA 2027 37 5 Christian Zazueta LAD SP AA 2027 39 3 Ralphy Velazquez CLE 1B AAA 2027 52 6 Zachary Root LAD SP AA 2027 70 5 Michael Arroyo SEA 2B AAA 2027 76 6 Brayden Taylor TBR 3B AA 2027 81 6 Lazaro Montes SEA RF AAA 2027 89 5 Tyson Hardin MIL SP AAA 2027 93 3 Hagen Smith CHW SP AAA 2027 96 2 Luis De León BAL SP AAA 2027

Okay! So if the Mets do in fact get a top-hundred guy for Peralta, and we're using Fangraphs' list, then it will likely be one of these players: Top 100 Org Rk Name Org Pos Current Level ETA FV Risk Age Ht Wt B T Sign Yr Sign Mkt Sign Org Bonus 1 1 Jesús Made MIL SS AA 2027 65 Med 19.2 6' 1" 180 S R 2024 Intl15 MIL $950k 2 1 Franklin Arias BOS SS AAA 2027 60 Med 20.7 5' 11" 170 R R 2023 Intl15 BOS $525k 3 1 Kade Anderson SEA SP AA 2026 60 Low 22.1 6' 2" 186 L L 2025 Draft SEA $8.8M 4 1 Walker Jenkins MIN CF AAA 2026 60 Med 21.4 6' 3" 215 L R 2023 Draft MIN $7.1M 7 1 Eli Willits WSN SS A+ 2029 60 Med 18.6 6' 1" 180 S R 2025 Draft WSN $8.2M 8 1 Seth Hernandez PIT SP A+ 2027 60 High 20.1 6' 4" 200 R R 2025 Draft PIT $7.3M 9 1 Thomas White MIA SP AAA 2027 60 High 21.8 6' 5" 210 L L 2023 Draft MIA $4.1M 10 2 Ryan Sloan SEA SP AA 2027 55 Med 20.5 6' 5" 220 R R 2024 Draft SEA $3.0M 11 1 Angel Genao CLE SS AAA 2027 55 Med 22.2 6' 0" 205 S R 2021 Intl15 CLE $1.2M 12 1 Ethan Salas SDP C AAA 2028 55 High 20.2 6' 2" 200 L R 2023 Intl15 SDP $5.6M 13 1 Sebastian Walcott TEX SS AA 2027 55 High 20.4 6' 4" 195 R R 2023 Intl15 TEX $3.2M 14 2 Vahn Lackey MIN C A 2028 55 Med 21.1 6' 2" 215 R R 2026 Draft MIN 15 1 Grady Emerson TBR SS 2029 55 Low 18.4 6' 2" 185 L R 2026 Draft TBR 16 2 Theo Gillen TBR CF AA 2028 55 Med 20.9 6' 2" 195 L R 2024 Draft TBR $4.4M 17 1 Josue De Paula LAD RF AA 2027 55 Med 21.2 6' 3" 220 L L 2022 Intl15 LAD $400k 18 1 George Lombard Jr. NYY SS AAA 2027 55 Med 21.2 6' 2" 215 R R 2023 Draft NYY $3.3M 19 1 Roch Cholowsky CHW SS 2027 55 High 21.3 6' 2" 202 R R 2026 Draft CHW 21 1 Gage Wood PHI SP AA 2026 55 Med 22.6 6' 0" 205 R R 2025 Draft PHI $3.0M 22 2 River Ryan LAD SP AAA 2026 55 Med 28 6' 2" 235 R R 2021 Draft SDP $100k 23 3 Mike Sirota LAD CF AA 2027 55 High 23.1 6' 3" 187 R R 2024 Draft CIN $863k 24 1 Rainiel Rodriguez STL C AA 2028 55 High 19.6 5' 10" 210 R R 2024 Intl15 STL $300k 26 2 Luis Peña MIL SS A+ 2028 55 High 19.7 5' 11" 175 R R 2024 Intl15 MIL $800k 27 2 Anthony Eyanson BOS SP AA 2027 55 Med 21.8 6' 2" 208 R R 2025 Draft BOS $1.8M 28 2 Liam Doyle STL SP AA 2027 55 Med 22.2 6' 2" 235 L L 2025 Draft STL $7.3M 29 2 Aidan Miller PHI SS AAA 2027 55 High 22.1 6' 2" 210 R R 2023 Draft PHI $3.1M 30 2 Jarlin Susana WSN SP AA 2027 55 High 22.4 6' 6" 245 R R 2022 Intl15 SDP $1.7M 31 1 Josuar Gonzalez SFG SS A 2030 50 High 18.8 5' 10" 170 S R 2025 Intl15 SFG $3.0M 32 3 Caden Bodine TBR C AA 2028 50 Med 22.7 5' 10" 197 S R 2025 Draft BAL $3.1M 33 1 Eric Hartman ATL CF A+ 2028 50 High 20.1 6' 1" 185 L R 2024 Draft ATL $338k 35 3 Kaelen Culpepper MIN SS AAA 2026 50 Med 23.6 6' 0" 185 R R 2024 Draft MIN $3.9M 36 4 Eduardo Quintero LAD CF A+ 2028 50 Med 20.9 6' 0" 190 R R 2023 Intl15 LAD $298k 37 5 Christian Zazueta LAD SP AA 2027 50 Med 21.8 6' 3" 200 R R 2022 Intl15 NYY $110k 38 2 Braylon Doughty CLE SP AA 2029 50 Med 20.6 6' 1" 196 R R 2024 Draft CLE $2.6M 39 3 Ralphy Velazquez CLE 1B AAA 2027 50 Med 21.2 6' 3" 230 L R 2023 Draft CLE $2.5M 43 3 Alexander Frias MIL RF A 2029 50 High 18.4 6' 2" 177 L R 2025 Intl15 MIL $350k 46 4 Brody Hopkins TBR SP AAA 2026 50 High 24.5 6' 4" 200 R R 2023 Draft SEA $225k 47 1 Jefferson Rojas CHC SS AA 2028 50 Med 21.3 5' 10" 190 R R 2022 Intl15 CHC $1.0M 49 2 Josiah Hartshorn CHC 1B A+ 2029 50 Med 19.5 6' 2" 220 S L 2025 Draft CHC $2.0M 50 5 Taitn Gray TBR 1B A 2030 50 Med 19 6' 4" 220 S R 2025 Draft TBR $921k 51 2 Aiva Arquette MIA SS AA 2028 50 High 22.8 6' 5" 220 R R 2025 Draft MIA $7.2M 52 6 Zachary Root LAD SP AA 2027 50 Low 22.5 6' 2" 210 S L 2025 Draft LAD $2.2M 53 3 Felnin Celesten SEA SS AA 2029 50 High 20.9 6' 1" 215 S R 2023 Intl15 SEA $4.9M 54 1 Eric Booth Jr. BAL CF 2030 50 High 18.1 6' 0" 207 L L 2026 Draft BAL 56 3 Pedro Ramírez CHC 2B MLB 2026 50 Low 22.3 5' 8" 185 S R 2021 Intl15 CHC $75k 57 7 Zyhir Hope LAD RF AA 2028 50 Med 21.5 5' 10" 230 L L 2023 Draft CHC $400k 58 4 Jonny Farmelo SEA CF AA 2028 50 High 21.9 6' 2" 210 L R 2023 Draft SEA $3.2M 59 4 Marek Houston MIN SS AA 2028 50 Low 22.3 6' 3" 190 R R 2025 Draft MIN $4.5M 62 2 Yolfran Castillo TEX SS A 2029 50 High 19.5 6' 3" 190 R R 2024 Intl15 TEX $650k 63 4 Brady Ebel MIL SS A 2029 50 Low 19 6' 3" 190 L R 2025 Draft MIL $2.8M 65 2 Elmer Rodríguez NYY SP AAA 2026 50 Med 23 6' 3" 180 L R 2021 Draft BOS $498k 67 3 Ramon Marquez PHI SP A+ 2028 50 High 20.9 6' 2" 185 R R 2025 Intl15 PHI $10k 68 4 Juneiker Caceres CLE RF A+ 2030 50 Med 19 5' 10" 170 L L 2024 Intl15 CLE $300k 69 1 Kevin Alvarez HOU LF A 2030 50 High 18.5 6' 3" 180 L L 2025 Intl15 HOU $2.0M 70 5 Michael Arroyo SEA 2B AAA 2027 50 Med 21.7 5' 8" 185 R R 2022 Intl15 SEA $1.3M 71 3 Justin Gonzales BOS RF A+ 2028 50 High 19.6 6' 4" 230 R R 2024 Intl15 BOS $250k 72 3 Jurrangelo Cijntje STL SP AAA 2028 50 High 23.2 5' 11" 200 S S 2024 Draft SEA $4.9M 73 3 Devin Fitz-Gerald WSN SS AA 2030 50 Low 21 5' 10" 185 S R 2024 Draft TEX $900k 74 4 Tyler Bell COL SS 2029 50 Med 21.1 6' 1" 190 S R 2026 Draft COL 75 2 Tate Southisene ATL SS AA 2028 50 High 19.8 5' 11" 170 R R 2025 Draft ATL $2.6M 76 6 Brayden Taylor TBR 3B AA 2027 50 Low 24.2 6' 1" 190 L R 2023 Draft TBR $3.9M 77 8 Emil Morales LAD SS A+ 2030 50 High 19.9 6' 3" 210 R R 2024 Intl15 LAD $1.9M 78 2 Edward Florentino PIT RF A+ 2029 50 High 19.7 6' 4" 200 L R 2024 Intl15 PIT $395k 79 2 JoJo Parker TOR 3B A 2030 50 High 20 6' 2" 195 L R 2025 Draft TOR $6.2M 80 3 Axiel Plaz PIT C A+ 2028 50 High 21 5' 11" 230 R R 2022 Intl15 PIT $350k 81 6 Lazaro Montes SEA RF AAA 2027 50 High 21.8 6' 5" 215 L L 2022 Intl15 SEA $2.5M 83 5 Eduardo Tait MIN C A+ 2029 50 High 19.9 6' 0" 225 L R 2023 Intl15 PHI $8k 84 4 Dorian Soto BOS SS CPX 2031 50 High 18.5 6' 3" 185 S R 2025 Intl15 BOS $1.4M 87 3 Karson Milbrandt MIA SP AAA 2026 50 Med 22.3 6' 2" 200 R R 2022 Draft MIA $1.5M 88 7 Michael Forret TBR SP AAA 2026 50 Low 22.3 6' 3" 190 L R 2023 Draft BAL $450k 89 5 Tyson Hardin MIL SP AAA 2027 50 Low 24.7 6' 2" 185 R R 2024 Draft MIL $148k 90 6 Riley Quick MIN SP AA 2028 50 Med 22.3 6' 6" 255 R R 2025 Draft MIN $2.7M 92 3 Carlos Lagrange NYY SIRP AAA 2026 50 High 23.2 6' 7" 240 R R 2022 Intl15 NYY $10k 93 3 Hagen Smith CHW SP AAA 2027 50 Med 22.9 6' 3" 215 L L 2024 Draft CHW $8.0M 95 4 Harry Ford WSN C MLB 2026 50 Med 23.4 5' 10" 200 R R 2021 Draft SEA $4.4M 96 2 Luis De León BAL SP AAA 2027 50 High 23.3 6' 3" 190 L L 2021 Intl15 BAL $30k 97 5 Aaron Walton CLE CF AA 2028 50 High 22.2 6' 3" 219 R R 2025 Draft CLE $1.1M 98 4 Murf Gray PIT 3B AA 2028 50 Med 22.6 6' 3" 240 R R 2025 Draft PIT $998k 99 2 Caleb Bonemer CHW 3B AA 2029 50 Med 20.8 6' 1" 205 R R 2024 Draft CHW $3.0M 100 7 Kendry Rojas MIN SP MLB 2026 50 Med 23.7 6' 2" 190 L L 2020 J2 TOR $215k

I bet they can get someone who's in an organization's top hundred, but MLB top hundred may be a little optimistic. But who knows? There may be a team desperate enough. Is anyone willing to volunteer to cross-check the top hundred list with the list of teams who are likely buyers this week?

Vance more likely than Tom. Tom was too busy working on Ziggy.

If they could get Steve Henderson for him, they should do it. By that I mean someone who can be an every day position player in 2027. But I wouldn't trade him for prospects who are two or three years away.

What the Mets got for Minter may or may not be comparable to what they gave up for Ryan Helsley last year, but it definitely looks like less than what they gave up for Tyler Rogers. And that may be okay; Rogers was probably more highly valued than Minter. I hope for a better return for Raley, who has a better recent track record.

Next he'll sign David Wright's daughter.

I thought Peralta had already made his last start as a Met. If he hasn't, then this will certainly be it.

Okay, Minter has been traded. Here's what I'm curious about, in rough order: Will they trade Holmes, and if so, what will they get? Who will they get for Peralta? Who will they get for Taylor? Will they trade Robert, and for whom? What will they get for Raley? Will they trade Weaver or Brazoban? Will they trade Baty, Vientos, or Alvarez? (I'm guessing no.) Will anyone other than the above be dealt? (Semien, Lindor, Manaea, Senga? Of these, I think Manaea is most likely.)