Mets / Red Sox

[Red Sox GM (Nick)]

Red Sox trade:
SP Luis Cessa KC 1.0 2024
RP Zack Britton FA 0.6 2024
RP Javy Guerra FA 0.3 2025 (DOB 10/31/85)
SP Gunnar Hoglund OAK 0.3 1st

Mets trade:
RP Reynaldo Lopez FA 3.1 2024

Red Sox +$0.9
Mets -$0.9

Red Sox accept.  Players dropped.  Good talking trade ideas, Conor.

I do not love giving up Hoglund here given his ceiling and a relatively clear pathway in Oakland's system.  However, I am a realist about his health risk, and at least the Beantown roster is freed of a few small but undesirable contracts; I would have waited for Britton and Guerra to retire, but this makes that waiting game someone else's problem.

Following the return of Nicky Lopez to my team, I bring back another former Mibble Sox player in Reynaldo Lopez after losing him in FA last winter.  He feels a bit pricey for a RP with limited closer history, but when taken altogether, spending a net +$0.9 for 2024 to add a good high-leverage guy who may find himself a multi-year deal in real-life free agency this winter, feels like a positive move.

[Red Sox GM (Nick)]

Cessa - mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/6492/mets-red-sox

Britton - mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7133/bos-arz

Guerra - mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/6805/rp-javy-guerra-2022-nyy

Hoglund - mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7259/red-sox-rangers
www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hoglun000gun

Lopez - mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/6770/rp-reynaldo-lopez-6th-bos

[Mets GM (Conor)]

Mets confirm! I was looking to move Lopez because he's a FA after this year and I think my earliest possible contention year is 2025. I'm also spending a bit of my cap space to get a high-ceiling pitching prospect in Hoglund. I really like his skills and just have to hope he can stay healthy. He looked solid in his return to action this year, especially at the end of the year in A+ and AA. I'm continuing to collect A's arms, which might be risky with their situation, but at least their prospects will have clear paths to the big leagues!

Lopez dropped in Fantrax. Thanks Nick!

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