Acquiring Garrett Crochet would mean the Mets would lose a top pitching prospect.
The White Sox requested the following four prospects from the Mets. MLB.com's 40th overall pick By Brandon Sproat, The Post's Mike Puma reports.
Chicago instead sent left-handed ace Crochet to the Red Sox for a four-man prospect package headlined by catcher Kyle Thiel, the No. 25 overall prospect.
“We're always talking and I think there's been some back and forth,” Mets director of baseball operations David Stearns said Wednesday.
The Mets appear to be avoiding expensive free agent pitchers in an effort to strengthen their rotation, which makes sense since Crochet has two more years of affordable control left.
However, financial costs are replaced by prospect weights.
The White Sox got a big deal from Boston, taking outfielder Braden Montgomery at No. 54 overall and new No. 13 and No. 14 prospects in shortstop Chase Meidroth and right-hander Wickelman Gonzalez.
A similar acquisition from the Mets would include Jett Williams (52nd overall), but the Mets' 10-15 range could include Luis Angel Acuña, Marco Vargas, and Don Hamel. be.
Sprato should be a headliner if he had a 7-4 record with a 3.40 ERA last season, striking out 131 batters in 116 1/3 innings with a 160 mph fastball. It was.
“The balance of all of this is how much prospect value are you willing to give up in the short term, and there's always a lot of judgment that needs to be made as part of that,” Stearns said. “Certainly there are times when we've done it and we'll continue to do it. There are also times when prices get too high and we choose to hold on to prospective value.”
With Crochet now in Boston, the Mets will continue to look to strengthen their rotation, which is lacking with what is currently constructed.
The Mets seem unlikely to acquire Corbin Burnes, in which case they could pursue lower-tier options like Nick Pivetta, who they met Wednesday, Walker Buehler, or perhaps Jack Flaherty. There is sex.
A reunion with Sean Manaea could be in the cards, but he seems ready to cash in. If that happens, Stearns will have to make a decision about what to offer the pitcher, who will turn 33 next season.
The team continues to show interest in Japanese ace Roki Sasaki, but only time will tell if he is destined to join the Dodgers as long expected.
The Mets added Clay Holmes and Frankie Montas this offseason, but Holmes was unable to remain a starter, and Montas posted a 4.84 ERA with the Reds and Brewers last year.
“We have options to fill out the major league rotation,” Stearns said. “And I think there's certainly a possibility that we'll continue to add more. But if we keep going the way we are, I think we'll have options to fill out the major league rotation and we'll be happy with that.”
