Cubs Trade Javier Baez To The Mets

[pwaldo]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/...vier-baez.html

The Mets and Cubs announced agreement on a deal sending star shortstop Javier Baez to Queens. He’ll be accompanied by right-hander Trevor Williams, with outfield prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong sent back to Chicago in return.

Between landing Francisco Lindor during the offseason and now trading for Baez, the Mets have obtained two of the sport’s best shortstops (who are also great friends with each other) within the span of a few months. Baez is a free agent after the season, so while this is quite possibly a short-term pickup meant to only help the Mets in 2021, it will nonetheless be a huge boost to New York’s chances of winning the NL East and making a run in October.

The trade ends a very memorable eight-season run for Baez in Wrigleyville, after he was selected with the ninth overall pick of the 2011 draft. Beginning his career as a free-swinging power bat, Baez’s propensity for striking out never really went away (his 131 whiffs leads the league this year), but he has hit .269/.307/.502 with 116 homers over 2310 PA since the start of the 2017 season. That includes a huge 2018 season that saw Baez finish second in NL MVP voting, while also winning a Silver Slugger Award.

[bakemeister52]

The Mets, I wish he would of been picked up by someone else!

Bake

[alexsautographs]

As a Mets fan, I cannot say I was enthused by this trade and I still am not. He has 23 strikeouts in 66 at-bats with the Mets. That's over 200 in a 600 AB campaign.

I give his performance a thumbs down.