The Mets have announced that they’ve acquired right-hander Adonis Medina from the Pirates in exchange for cash considerations and optioned him to Triple-A. To make room on the 40-man roster, fellow right-hander Yennsy Diaz was designated for assignment.
Medina was signed by the Phillies as an international free agent back in 2014 and caught the eye of some prospect evaluators, being labeled the 84th best prospect in the game by Baseball America in 2018. However, he struggled against the competition in the upper minors and was designated for assignment on December 1st, when the Phils signed Johan Camargo. The lockout followed shortly after that, meaning Medina floated in DFA limbo for over three months.
After the lockout was done, he was claimed by Pittsburgh but only lasted a few weeks as a Pirate. Earlier today, the Bucs signed Jake Marisnick and sent Medina back out onto DFA limbo. Now a Met, Medina will head to Triple-A to serve as rotation depth for a club that already has concerns in that department. Jacob deGrom went on the IL today and isn’t expected back for over a month. Max Scherzer has a tight hamstring that prevented him from taking the ball on Opening Day, though it seems like he will avoid the injured list for now. Last year, Medina mostly pitched in Triple-A, making 17 starts for 67 2/3 innings of 5.05 ERA ball. His ground ball rate was good at 45.7%, but the 18.5% strikeout rate was lacking.
As for Diaz, he came to the Mets just over a year ago as part of the Steven Matz deal. He split his time almost evenly between Triple-A and the majors, not showing anything especially impressive in either setting. His 5.40 ERA in the big leagues was over a full run better than his 6.75 Triple-A mark. His walk rate was around 11% at each level. He did put up a 24.7% strikeout rate in Triple-A, but just 18.8% in the bigs. However, he could still garner interest from clubs, given that he’s just 25 years old and has an option year remaining, meaning he can be stashed in the minors as depth.
*ROCHESTER RABBITS
What exactly do you get out of this?
*New York Highlanders *Boston Braves *Brooklyn Dodgers Someone who can’t let go.
What does he (the Atlanta A-hoe) get out if this? Attention.Just mute him Cosmo and move on. Or ignore. The bizarre behavior may persist but it will no longer have its intended effect
Thing is, 48-team occasionally has things of actual merit to say so I’m not gonna mute them. I will, however, occasionally dispense some grief.
Cosmo, this is what happens when someone still lives in parents basement with internet access and mental illness
*Coney Island Conies.
Dumbest thing ever. Is that some kind of an insult to the Mets, or something? Eventually you’ll realize that the Mets of this year are extremely valid and earn the respect they deserve. So now would be a good time for you and all the other lolmets trolls to find something else to do in your spare time.
Is he Aaa depth though? It looks like the last time he was average was in A+ ball in 2018.
This move will put them over the top. Cheap dumpster diving mets.
Cheap?
Just an ass being an ass.
On an average, what do the Mets spend per year? Give the Pirates that budget every year. Please
Some people just don’t know what they have until it’s gone.
A team spending 40 50 60 million per year, That is f*$***# cheap. Smh.. These people I tell you what.Entitled AF SMH
Medina was once a top ten-type prospect in the Phillies org……Had hopes for him being a swing type guy at least…
I felt the Pirates could turn him around in a low pressure situation….as they have done with others..
But eek now in NY…..always a Phillies guy and wish the best for all who have donned the red pinstripes…
Think he was like a top 2 in the Phillies system. Never fall in love with prospects if they can make your team better
The ‘Age of Adonis’ has begun in Queens!
Nutting ( Pirates Owner) loves trading players for cash$$$$$
He could care less about a competitive MLB Team. All about cash in his pocket.
I wish he would sell the Team to an owner interested in putting a competitive MLB product on the field in Pittsburgh.
Yeah I’m sure he really made a killing on selling Adonis Medina.
The whole “Nutting Cheap” thing is beating a dead horse at this point. There’s a lot coming up through the farm that Pirate fans should be excited about. By the end of the year. you might be hearing talks of guys like Priester, Mlodzinski, Gonzales, and Peguero at least making their debuts. Not to mention that they’d be joining Cruz, Roansy Contreras, Ke’Bryan Hayes, and Bryan Reynolds. Many other guys like Michael Burrows, Travis Swaggerty, Matt Fraizer, Canaan Smith-Njigba, and Mason Martin are making progression through the system.
Mlb, dont argue with a stupid person. He has no clue. You cant fix stupid.
So would you say the current Pirates Opening Day Starting lineup is built as a competitive champion caliber Team?
And if any of those prospects work out, Nutting will force them to be traded after they stop being cheap arbitration guys. The Yankees and Padres and Rays fans, etc, should be excited about these players because the Pirates will eventually trade these guys to them.
We’ve heard this all before multiple times…… “Just wait until Polanco, Taillon, Cole, Bell, Hanson, Keller, McGuire, Meadows, Glasnow get up here, then the Pirates fans will have something to be excited about”. Nope, not really……
They did just lock up Hayes for 8 years with an option for a 9th. It was announced earlier today. That kinda shows your point to be bs.
Don, did your mother ever have any kids that were not in “special schools”?
How about going back and looking at every transaction since, lets say back to Damaso Marte/Xavier Nady with the Yankees and see who clearly got the better end of trades? How doing that rather than being a parrot.
How about similar with Padres…all the deals back til Jason Bay/Oliver Perez for Brian Giles….
The mind is terrible thing to waste, especially when all you are is a parrot.
You realize that’s an extreme lowball offer and their payroll is like 35 million or something embarrassing along those lines? They always try to rip players off but most of them just pass on it. His proneness to injury and his bad season last year led to him taking the sure thing. They will do something like this and then trade Reynolds a week later. Now they have a leg to stand on in the PR department.
The Pirates ownership group can’t hang their hat on one “core group “ signing for 70 million. Other MLB Teams are spending 70 million on back up l/role players. Let’s face it MLB financial model is broken and although spending $$ doesn’t guarantee wins it gives Team that do spend large amounts of $$ a competitive advantage in building a Team to compete for a World Series Championship. The last time the Pirates won a World Series was 1979 and haven’t sniffed the World Series in 43 years. Give that some thought.
He was a guy they cut and were probably happy just to let walk and then got cash considerations for anyways. This is not the transaction to get mad about the Pirates being cheap.
I really feel for you and the rest of the fan base. It wasn’t very long ago that we were in a very similar predicament, and we’re a large market team. It was horrible and there really should be rules in place for the owners across the board to keep them from doing this. It’s really ruining the game, in my opinion.
Wasn’t he out of options?
Why did the Mets give up Jordan Yamamoto yesterday rather than Yennsy Diaz, only to take Adonis Medina today? Makes no sense to me…
They’re not necessarily getting rid of those guys. If they clear waivers they’ll reassign them to the minors. They’re probably higher on Medina and most likely don’t expect any teams to put claims in for Díaz or Yamamoto.
I’m not worried about losing Diaz…but anyone with a spot on the 40 should grab Yamamoto…
Phil’s were dumb to not trade him a couple years ago… let him go for nothing. Could have funded the ballclub vending machine with that cash consideration.
Mets are in first place already. Onward to a 162-0 season!
Possibly if they play the Nats 162 times.
They can add the Marlins on the schedule too, but with two specific rules.
1) Marlins starters are only allowed to pitching 5 innings.
2) Anthony Bass must pitch the 9th inning in the Miami games. Anthony Bass must pitch the 8th and 9th (if necessary) innings in the New York games.
Nah, Mets’ll be happy to bash your overrated pitching staff’s brains in for as many innings as they can throw.