"Vargas is tearing the Florida Complex League to shreds this year, walking a quarter of the time while rarely striking out and showing doubles power too. He’s no lock to turn into even an average power hitter, but the early returns there are solid. At just 18 years old, there’s a lot of projecting left to do, and his hit tool will have to do a lot of the work, but it’s a skill set that can work in the majors and has an extremely high ceiling at times"
The Mets, who sit six games below .500, traded reliever David Robertson to the Marlins for a pair of minor league players Thursday night.
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"In return for Robertson, the Mets received 18-year-old middle infielder Marco Vargas and 19-year-old switch-hitting catcher Ronald Hernandez, both of whom were excelling in the Florida Complex League this year. The pair is well-regarded by evaluators -- particularly Vargas, who multiple sources said could grow into a top prospect -- but unlikely to help the Mets until at earliest 2026."
I wanted a lot more than that for our closer, who has been one of the few bright spots on the season. It's not great news for Buck, who isn't going to be around in 2026 unless this show gets turned around - and might retire by then anyway. And he traded our closer to a division rival who we will be playing 6 more times this year. He'll be coming out of the pen to beat us! I thought we were trying to acquire young arms, not another middle infielder and catcher.
Maybe I'll be happy about this trade in 2026 - at the earliest!
