by claver2010 on Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:17 pm
It all depends on who you're giving up.
To play devil's advocate..
He's a 28 year old OF that's signed at a reasonable rate for the next 3.5 years. His OPS on the road the last several years.
2014: .579
2013: .987
2012: .706
2011: .757
The players right now who have a higher OPS than that average (.757) on the Mets: Duda
The FA market is just miserable going forward. Think it's pretty clear they need an upgrade at SS or LF to take that next step as the pitching, TDA, Legares, Duda, etc. develop.
Here are the FA this winter
SS:
Mike Aviles (34) – $3.5MM club option with a $250k buyout
Clint Barmes (36)
Asdrubal Cabrera (29)
Stephen Drew (32)
Rafael Furcal (37)
Tyler Greene (31)
J.J. Hardy (32)
Jed Lowrie (31)
John McDonald (40)
Hiroyuki Nakajima (32) – $5.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Nick Punto (37) – club/vesting option
Hanley Ramirez (31)
Jimmy Rollins (36) – vesting/club/player option
LF:
Melky Cabrera (30)
Chris Denorfia (34)
Jonny Gomes (34)
Tony Gwynn Jr. (32)
Scott Hairston (35)
Reed Johnson (38)
Ryan Ludwick (36) – $9MM mutual option with a $4.5MM buyout
Darnell McDonald (35)
Mike Morse (33)
Alfonso Soriano (39)
Vernon Wells (36)
Josh Willingham (36)
Delmon Young (29)
There's just nothing out there.
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