Headlines

  • Rays Close To Contract Extension With Yandy Diaz
  • Mets To Extend Jeff McNeil
  • Braves Extend Manager Brian Snitker Through 2025
  • Rays Sign Pete Fairbanks To Extension
  • Royals Sign Aroldis Chapman To One-Year Deal
  • Athletics Sign Jesús Aguilar
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2022-23 MLB Free Agent List
    • Top 50 Free Agents
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2023
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Arbitration Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Mets Acquire Brooks Raley

By Darragh McDonald | December 7, 2022 at 2:20pm CDT

The Mets have acquired left-hander Brooks Raley from the Rays in exchange for left-hander Keyshawn Askew, per Jon Heyman of The New York Post. Both clubs subsequently announced the trade.

Raley, 35 in June, made his MLB debut with the Cubs back in 2012. After a few seasons of mediocre results, he went to Korea and pitched as a starter in the KBO from 2015 to 2019. He came back to MLB in 2020 and signed with the Reds but got designated for assignment after just four relief appearances.

The Reds then traded him to the Astros just before his career took off. He made 17 further appearances with Houston in 2020 and posted a 3.94 ERA in that time. In 2021, he threw 49 innings with a 4.78 ERA but strong peripherals. He struck out 31.7% of batters faced and walked just 7.8% of them, while also getting grounders on 45.3% of balls in play. His incredibly low strand rate of 59.7% surely contributed to that ERA, as he had much lower advanced metrics like a 3.27 FIP and 2.91 SIERA.

Going into 2022, the Rays signed him to a two-year, $10MM deal with a club option for 2024. Raley tossed 53 2/3 frames this year with a 2.68 ERA, 27.9% strikeout rate, 6.8% walk rate and 37.5% ground ball rate. He recorded six saves and 22 holds on the season.

For the Mets, they’re looking to rebuild almost an entire bullpen as Edwin Díaz, Adam Ottavino, Seth Lugo, Trevor Williams, Joely Rodriguez and Trevor May all reached free agency at the end of the most recent campaign. They’ve signed re-signed Díaz and made some other small moves but Raley immediately becomes the club’s top lefty in the bullpen. Like most southpaws, he is better against left-handed hitters, as they hit just .155/.200/.282 against him this year. Raley will add $4.5MM to the Mets’ payroll in 2023 and also has a $6.5MM club option for 2024 with a $1.25MM buyout.

For the Rays, they’re generally not shy about trading players coming off solid seasons, especially if they are making some notable salary. Raley’s contract wasn’t especially onerous but this is fairly standard operating procedure for the club, as they always look to keep a well-stocked farm system by selling high on major league talent. Without Raley, they still have Jalen Beeks, Garrett Cleavinger and Colin Poche as left-handed options for their bullpen.

Today, they’ve added Askew to their system, who was a 10th round selection of the Mets in 2021. He split 2022 between Single-A and High-A, throwing 66 1/3 innings with a 34.2% strikeout rate and 10.4% walk rate. He’ll turn 23 in January.

Share 0 Retweet 14 Send via email0

New York Mets Tampa Bay Rays Transactions Brooks Raley Keyshawn Askew

Seth Lugo Drawing Widespread Interest
Main
The Mets, Brandon Nimmo, And The Luxury Tax
View Comments (62)

Comments

  1. davidk1979

    2 months ago

    Good move

    Reply
    • LordD99

      2 months ago

      Yes. Solid reliever.

      Reply
    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      2 months ago

      How is this a good move? Very high risk, 1 good year, a career does not make…

      Reply
      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        2 months ago

        I need to pick up a rock & start throwing it against a wall, maybe I’ll get a Mets contract…

        Reply
      • rct

        2 months ago

        It’s a good move from the perspective that they had virtually nothing in their bullpen in the way of left handed pitching. Joely Rodriguez was the only LHP in the bullpen for much of the year last year and A) he wasn’t very good and B) he’s gone.

        Askew is a lottery ticket, albeit one with solid numbers in single-A last year.

        Reply
      • Bk11235 2

        2 months ago

        High risk? He has 1 year lwft on his deal and we gave up a guy that wpuldnt come up til 2024 2025 if at all

        Reply
        • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

          2 months ago

          How silly of me, I now understand how well you represent him to the public. Nicely done @Bk

    • MT in Baltimore

      2 months ago

      Good move for both teams, right?

      Reply
      • MarlinsFanBase

        2 months ago

        Usually with the Rays, it’s a one-sided deal that favors the Rays.

        Reply
  2. JohnJasoJingleHeimerSchmidt

    2 months ago

    We’re trading Keyshawn and we’re not going Askew for permission.

    Reply
  3. Sheep8

    2 months ago

    Rays seem a little off center with this deal

    Reply
    • angt222

      2 months ago

      Cutting salary for today. Building up the farm for tomorrow.

      Reply
      • manosthof

        2 months ago

        Aren’t they always doing that though?

        Reply
        • bigdaddyt

          2 months ago

          Ray have created a perpetual motion machine

      • melly

        2 months ago

        Think he may have been doing a little play on words with askew… but yes, salary out, young guns in.

        Reply
    • MarlinsFanBase

      2 months ago

      @Sheep8

      Rays always seem a little off-center in trades…until you realize they hustled you about a year or two later.

      Reply
  4. azbacksfan

    2 months ago

    Rays are gonna turn that kid into a superstar closer with a 12.5 SO9 rate and a sub-2 ERA

    Reply
    • ExileInLA 2

      2 months ago

      Yeah – trading with the Rays is a dangerous business…

      Reply
  5. dp7

    2 months ago

    There’s our lefty RP

    Reply
  6. Mr_KLC

    2 months ago

    Picking up Askew on my fantasy team right now.

    Reply
    • SteveC

      2 months ago

      No 1 Askew

      Reply
  7. Caligula

    2 months ago

    Rays will hope this deal does not go askew

    Reply
  8. Dbacks44

    2 months ago

    Nice move for both teams. These are those sneaky moves that win games. It’s never the major ones.

    Reply
  9. ClevelandSteelEngines

    2 months ago

    Raying a sell high like no other!

    Reply
  10. orange2001

    2 months ago

    What happened to Brooks Raley from 2014 until 2020, appears like he was out of baseball? Curious if someone knows his backstory.

    Reply
    • FletcherFan69

      2 months ago

      Played in the KBO

      Reply
      • TrumboJumbo

        2 months ago

        Fletch KNOWS!!!

        Reply
    • galer18

      2 months ago

      Was over pitching in Asia for at least part of it.

      Reply
    • Rocker49

      2 months ago

      The Astros signed him from some indy league I believe. Pitches like an indy league pitcher lol worst reliever I have watched on the Astros in a long time. Lobs it in left handed like a scrub.

      Reply
      • alwaysgo4two

        2 months ago

        Actually he was pretty decent for the Rays last year with his deceptive delivery. Got too expensive for the Rays.

        Reply
        • galer18

          2 months ago

          More so that he’s a lefty specialist in a division with very few lefty bats. What’s the point of carrying him on a full 40-man roster if you’re not gonna be able to get a lot of use out of him, and another team might?

    • TrumboJumbo

      2 months ago

      Orange, good eye. I am curious now too…He could have spent some time with the Hebrew Oilers…Up in Sabbotach Valley..

      Reply
  11. Rocker49

    2 months ago

    Nice, add to the old pitchers you have. Raley is a bum

    Reply
    • Mrsuntan

      2 months ago

      ERA 2 and a half. Whip under 1.00 pitching in toughest division in baseball. And he is a bum? Stick to talking about something you know. Now go make my burger fries.

      Reply
      • rct

        2 months ago

        I don’t know what ‘burger fries’ are, but put me down for an order.

        Reply
  12. 10centBeerNight

    2 months ago

    Step one of NYM filling out pen with MLers. Still need a reliable 8th inning arm. Tho Cohen may not be reluctant of blowing by final tax threshold, I’d still expect them to make a significant trade

    Reply
    • tomg1976

      2 months ago

      He moved through it with the Quintana signing. The 93rd richest person in the world has moved past the tax threshold that is unofficially named after him (the Steve Cohen Tax Threshold).

      Reply
  13. riffraff

    2 months ago

    Raley is a known trouble maker.. always carving his name in the hotel room walls letting people know he was there…probably why TB got rid of him

    Reply
    • TrumboJumbo

      2 months ago

      Nice riffraff, nice!!!!!! He Probably wouldn’t stop asking his skip permission to use the head..

      Reply
      • Dotnet22

        2 months ago

        He saw a automobile once when he was a kid. But now they’re everywhere.

        Reply
    • Player to be named in the future 2

      2 months ago

      He also said I don’t like it here in Tampa. He was institutionalized.

      Reply
      • TrumboJumbo

        2 months ago

        I heard TB was getting fed up with him insisting his bird Jake travel with them on road trips.

        Reply
  14. AgeeHarrelsonJones

    2 months ago

    .97 WHIP in 22. Nice addition to a depleted pen

    Reply
  15. alwaysgo4two

    2 months ago

    Hang in there Rays fans…..saving some cash to get a bat. Wonder who?

    Reply
  16. vaderzim

    2 months ago

    Yes, a Trade!

    Reply
  17. GhostofJoshFields

    2 months ago

    When you are too Christian for Florida even.

    Reply
  18. bryan c

    2 months ago

    Solid acquisition. No such thing as too much pitching and had a very strong 22. Welcome!

    Reply
  19. Ma4170

    2 months ago

    This is a solid move for the Mets

    Reply
  20. fearthecub

    2 months ago

    I can’t believe this trade Raley happened.

    Reply
  21. Highest_IQ

    2 months ago

    Typical Rays. Get some wavier wire pitcher to do good then flip for prospects.

    Reply
  22. Digdugler

    2 months ago

    Without looking, Rays win.

    Reply
    • alwaysgo4two

      2 months ago

      Younger and cheaper….the Rays way.

      Reply
  23. myaccount2

    2 months ago

    Owed $11M over 2 years. Makes me wonder if this is a precursor to another moderate FA signing for TB, if it’s salary shedding due to the Eflin signing, or simply a strategic move.

    Reply
    • thecrown24

      2 months ago

      @Myaccount2 Pretty sure it’s only 5 million for 23 with a team option for 24. It’s not a terrible amount of money when Joley Rodriguez got 2 million from the Red Sox and throw to an almost 4.50 ERA last year.

      Reply
  24. robart

    2 months ago

    Hope the Mets can bring back Ottavino. Love to see them pick up Robertson as well.

    Reply
  25. Ma4170

    2 months ago

    I love this idea that TB wins every single trade ever. Definitely some notable ones the last couple of years they haven’t, or some where it benefitted both. This could be one of those just as easily.

    Reply
  26. Brosseau's_Revenge

    2 months ago

    It appears that Eflin passed his physical and this opens a 40 man spot for him. Keyshawn looks like a promising lefty. Classic Rays move.

    Reply
  27. rememberthecoop

    2 months ago

    Keyshawn sounds like an NBA player.

    Reply
  28. rememberthecoop

    2 months ago

    They “signed re-signed” haha

    Reply
  29. Robrock30

    2 months ago

    Brroks Raley not a fan of Pride Night in Tampa

    https://www.npr.org/2022/06/06/1103303679/tampa-bay-rays-rainbow-logo-pride-night#:~:text=O'Meara%2FAP-,Tampa%20Bay%20Rays%20relief%20pitcher%20Brooks%20Raley%20opted%20to%20not,alongside%20several%20of%20his%20teammates.&text=%22By%20using%20the%20word%20'behavior,that%2C%22%20LaBarge%20tells%20NPR

    Reply
    • jmaggio76

      2 months ago

      oh well. neither am i

      Reply
  30. Canosucks

    2 months ago

    Anyone is better than Lowly Rodriquez who the Mets had last year; good luck Sawx on that one. Lowly’s numbers only improved toward the end becasue the Mets used him in the lowest of leverage situations down the stretch.

    I like this move…

    Still like to see Adam Ottavino back.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

ad: 300x250_1_MLB

    Top Stories

    Rays Close To Contract Extension With Yandy Diaz

    Mets To Extend Jeff McNeil

    Braves Extend Manager Brian Snitker Through 2025

    Rays Sign Pete Fairbanks To Extension

    Royals Sign Aroldis Chapman To One-Year Deal

    Athletics Sign Jesús Aguilar

    Orioles Acquire Cole Irvin From A’s

    Astros Name Dana Brown General Manager

    Rays Extend Jeffrey Springs

    Royals, Red Sox Swap Adalberto Mondesi For Josh Taylor

    Red Sox Designate Matt Barnes For Assignment

    Scott Rolen Elected Into Baseball Hall Of Fame

    Red Sox Sign Adam Duvall

    Brad Ausmus Reportedly Among Astros’ GM Finalists

    Mike Clevinger Under Investigation For Domestic Violence Allegations

    Arte Moreno No Longer Pursuing Sale Of Angels

    Twins Acquire Michael A. Taylor From Royals

    Padres Sign Nelson Cruz To One-Year Deal

    Sal Bando Passes Away

    Twins, Marlins Swap Luis Arraez For Pablo Lopez In Four-Player Trade

    Recent

    Injury Notes: Kirilloff, Maeda, Ahmed

    Michael Wacha Seeking A Two-Year Deal

    Guardians Promote JT Maguire To Coaching Staff

    Mariners Release Jason Vosler

    AL East Notes: LeMahieu, Yankees, Orioles, Bello

    Rays Close To Contract Extension With Yandy Diaz

    NPB’s Chiba Lotte Marines Sign Hirokazu Sawamura

    Blue Jays Announce Rogers Centre’s New Outfield Dimensions

    Rangers Re-Sign Elier Hernandez To Minors Contract

    Mets To Extend Jeff McNeil

    MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Offseason Outlook Series
    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Go Ad-Free
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2023
    • 2022-23 MLB Free Agent List
    • MLB Player Chats
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Guardians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    ad: 160x600_MLB

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • Feeds by Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    hide arrowsFOX Sports Engage Network scroll to top
    Close

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version