The New York Mets (30-33) are in a heap of hassle, having misplaced six in a row to fall into fourth place within the NL East and eight and a half video games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves (38-24).
The newest setback was a 13-10 extra-inning loss towards the Braves on Thursday evening the place the bullpen allowed eight runs in 6 2/3 innings and blew a 10-6 lead they’d going into the underside of the eighth. On high of that, the Mets are prone to lose slugger Pete Alonso to the injured checklist.
With all of the gloom and doom, common supervisor Billy Eppler is reportedly reconsidering trying into Cincinnati Reds nearer Alexis Diaz, the youthful brother of New York’s injured stopper Edwin Diaz.
“In keeping with a supply, Mets scouts have been monitoring Reds star nearer Alexis Diaz, who’s 14-for-14 in saves. The Mets’ greatest situation is an underperforming offense. However aid depth might be situation No. 2, and including a better to mix with David Robertson — particularly Edwin Diaz’s brother — could be enormous,” the New York Put up’s Jon Heyman reported Thursday evening. “No commerce discuss but, however the resurgent Reds would search younger pitching again.”
Heyman provides that touchdown the Reds righty would take a “haul” of prospects, which the Mets are unlikely to give up.
Days after Edwin Diaz suffered his probably season-ending proper patellar tendon tear on the World Baseball in March, it was reported that the Mets hadn’t reached out to Cincinnati relating to their hurler. SNY’s Andy Martino had additionally reported that New York thought-about making an attempt to commerce for the youthful Diaz final summer time “however deemed the worth too excessive.”
The Reds’ arm completed fifth within the 2022 NL Rookie of the 12 months voting after recording 10 saves with a 1.84 ERA, 0.96 WHIP and 83 strikeouts throughout 63 2/3 innings pitched. The 26-year-old is 2-1 with a 1.48 ERA, 0.82 WHIP and 46 strikeouts over 24 1/3 innings masking 25 video games to go along with his 14 saves this season.
Robertson is 2-1 with a 1.98 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 35 strikeouts throughout 27 1/3 innings pitched to go together with 10 saves however has allowed runs in 4 of his final six outings, together with back-to-back appearances. He had a blown save towards Atlanta on Thursday, permitting one run (through a house run) on two hits over 1 2/3 innings.
