This team is getting their asses kicked way too often in losses because the pitching staff just can’t reliably keep the game close in games where the cubs score under 5 runs.
This is Jed’s shot to go all in with Happ, Suzuki and 3 starting pitchers off the books next season. If the Mets need corner outfield help then moving Alcantara will be easier to package with Wiggins. It’ll leave a future hole in the rotation but Hortons lack of availability leaves a hole in the rotation and Wiggins doesn’t have a track record of health either.
The ML roster for PPs is set for the future outside of corner outfielders and if they haven’t traded Shaw yet as a blocked player then I’d guess they view his bat as good enough to handle the outfield in 2027+. Trading him weakens a team that’s trying to win now.
He’s on pace for a 5.8 fWAR with middling offensive stats. If they’d show a side by side graphic of the catch probability on all hits into the outfield with and without PCA then uninformed fans would stop taking him for granted and crying and about his 236 batting average.
PCA hauls in Kelly’s ground rule double standing up which is another reminder of how great he is that the average fan misses when they look at his hitting stats.
I think it’s more annoying that they’re the 4th best farm system in baseball and only the third best in the division behind Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. The cherry on top is that the Dodgers ranked second.
I don’t know if they ever plan on stretching him and increase his workload as a starting pitcher or in a perfect world, playing the role of Andrew miller, but I really like what I see.