The Mets and Blue Jays have been working on a seven player trade, including R.A. Dickey, for the last few days, and there is a good chance that it will become official tomorrow afternoon. There have been conflicting reports on the package that the Mets will be getting in return, but today we learned of the possible framework on the trade.
So, the Mets will be getting top catching prospect Travis d'Arnaud, pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard, veteran backstop John Buck, and another prospect in the deal. New York will be giving up Dickey, as well as catcher Josh Thole, and a prospect.
I'll save my opinions until the trade is actually official, but I will say that this is a move that I am surprised Alderson is able to make. I thought he'd be lucky to get a Mike Olt-Leonys Martin-type of a package out of Dickey, but he is getting creative and adding more pieces to the deal. The two sides have been negotiating for quite a while, so hopefully the trade doesn't die out.
Like I said, once this trade becomes official, you can expect to see more of a response out of me. However, the Mets tend to surprise many of us, and for all we know that prospect that they are sending over could be a Wilmer Flores-Jenry Mejia type of a prospect, or a lower-tiered player such as Josh Satin, Zack Lutz or Cory Mazzoni.
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