DELGADO DEAL COMPLETED; PSOMAS INCLUDED

by Eric Simon on Nov 24, 2005 11:53 PM EST

The trade for Carlos Delgado was completed today and in addition to Yusmeiro Petit and Mike Jacobs, the Mets have sent third base prospect Grant Psomas to the Marlins. This is the first I have heard of Psomas being included in the deal, as all prior iterations involved only Petit and Jacobs. Here's a little background.

Psomas was taken by the Mets in the 15th round of the 2004 draft out of West Virginia. Psomas had a breakout year this season, hitting .300/.403/.551 with Low A Hagerstown and then hit .305/.383/.415 in Class A St. Lucie. The numbers, particularly with Hagerstown, are very good. The biggest problem is Psomas' age: he turned 23 in September. 23 is hardly old, but annihilating Low A ball as a 22 year old is not all that impressive. For comparison, at age 22 David Wright was annihilating Major League ball, a full four levels above Psomas.

He has good plate discipline which is something I love seeing in prospects, but he's a marginal prospect at best right now and probably just a throw-in from the Mets' perspective.

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Not to mention he plays third base. With David Wright firmly entrenched at third, Psomas would have to move, and the only likely places are 2B, 1B, and corner OF. His bat isn't quite good enough for 3 of those spots, leaving 2B, and no one knows how well he'll take to that.

by Alex Nelson on Nov 25, 2005 10:04 AM EST reply actions

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about it

There aren't much better third basemen out there than David Wright. So even if Psomas turns out to be a star, we have our own star.

2QYankeehater: Diehard Mets fan, huge Yankeehater, and worshipper of David Wright.

by 2QYankeehater on Nov 25, 2005 1:26 PM EST up reply actions

Um...payroll?

Do you know how much this would shoot up the Mets' payroll? Getting Guardado, Ibanez, Zito, Hernandez and Vasquez? The yearly payroll could go up 30 million (if the teams offer no money). Yes, there would be a lot of talent here, but the payroll level would just be ridiculous. It isn't worth it to deal out all those young guys either.

2QYankeehater: Diehard Mets fan, huge Yankeehater, and worshipper of David Wright.

by 2QYankeehater on Nov 28, 2005 9:18 PM EST reply actions