Curveball: A New York Mets Blog: The Mets continue their success at the Winter Meetings: Issue 3: 12/7/22
CADEN PHILIP
Well, it was a busy day at the Winter Meetings for the New York Mets. They signed SP Jose Quintana and traded for RP Brooks Raley. We will talk about what these deals mean for the Mets and how they will be able to improve their team in the coming days. This is Curveball, a New York Mets Blog.
Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great day today. I am Caden Philip. This is issue 3, of Curveball.
The Mets continue to be active during the Winter Meetings. Today the team agreed to a deal with veteran pitcher Jose Quintana. He agreed to a 2-year deal worth $26 million. In his age 33 season, the lefty pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He had a great year last year posting a 2.93 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and 137 strikeouts. This is great signing by the Mets. This is a good mid to back of the rotation kind of guy. This is low risk as it is only a 2-year deal. Hopefully he will have another quality year in 2023.
Even though the Mets got their middle of the rotation guy, they have not stopped their pursuit of Kodai Senga. The Japanese superstar has made quite the impression on the Mets staff.
Here is what the Mets rotation looks like now.
1. Justin Verlander
2. Max Scherzer
3. Jose Quintana
4. Carlos Carrasco
5. David Peterson/Tylor Megill
The Mets also got Brooks Raley today in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays for a minor league pitcher Keyshawn Askew (Mets 30th prospect according to MLB.com). The lefty with a funky delivery, has pitched for multiple teams in his professional career. He started out with the Cubs. Things did not work out in Chicago posting a 7.04 ERA in 38.1 innings. He then went on the pitch in the KBO until 2019. He finally got a shot to pitch in the pandemic shortened season tossing 20.0 innings for the Reds and Astros. He had a 4.95 ERA. That earned him the right to stay with the Astros in 2021 throwing 58.0 innings. He had a breakout season with the Rays last year throwing 60.0 innings and displaying a 2.68 ERA.
That will do it for the 3rd edition of Curveball. I hope you enjoyed and be on the lookout for any future blogs. LET’S GO METS!
Any concern here with age of the starting rotation? Specifically, Verlander and Scherzer