According to Buster Olney of ESPN.com, the Angels are willing to trade Mark Trumbo and/or Peter Bourjos to acquire young pitching. Last month, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com said that the Angels would consider trading Howie Kendrick, but it was less likely that Trumbo or Bourjos would be dealt because they are under team control for more years.
Trumbo, 27, hit .234 with 34 home runs and 100 RBI in 159 games for the Angels last season. He will be eligible for arbitration in 2014, and can become a free agent in 2017.
Bourjos, 26, hit .274 with a .333 OBP in 55 games for the Angels in 2013. Like Trumbo, he will be eligible for arbitration in 2014, and can become a free agent in 2017.
I like both of these players, and I can definitely see a fit here. Obviously the Mets have young pitching as their surplus, so they could be an attractive suitor for the Angels. Now, neither Trumbo or Bourjos are "top-tiered" players by any means, but they would definitely be upgrades over whoever the team stuck in the outfield last year.
Trumbo's problem is his inability to work the count, as he just goes up there hacking and hoping that the ball goes a long way. His power would be much needed in the Mets lineup, but he isn't one of those players where you would overpay to get him. He is also limited to first base, as the whole outfield experiment in Los Angeles made him Lucas Duda-esqe defensively.
As for Bourjos, I used to be a huge fan of him, mostly after the 2011 season where he managed to hit 11 triples in 147 games for the Halos. However, I really feel like this speedster is no more than a fourth outfielder due to his light bat. Defensively hes golden, but he's yet another player that I don't see the Mets making a huge push to acquire.
