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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4312865, member: 27"]
The Mets trade for Tyler Naquin and Phillip Diehl.

Naquin is another left handed hitter.  He is an outfielder.  Not good against lefties but pretty solid against right handed pitchers.  He is a rental who will be a free agent at the end of the season.  The expectation is that he will become the fourth outfielder and perhaps help out some at DH.

Diehl is a left handed pitcher who is 28 and has struggled in several chances to pitch at the MLB level.  He has decent stuff and has been good at AAA.  Maybe they can do something with him.

Guessing this will lead to Jankowski getting DFAed.

They gave up two young players not considered top prospects.

The end appears to be near for Dom Smith.

With Drew Smith on the DL and Holderman on the Pirates, there is an acute need for at least one more reliever.

Nogosek is pitching really well for the Syracuse Mets.  He might get called up.

Another player on the Syracuse Mets that might be a call is  Bryce Montes de Oca.  He is physically imposing.  6'7, 265.  Throws very hard, can get to triple digits.  He has only been up in Syracuse for a few weeks, so it is probably too early but he is a name to remember.

Got the win for Syracuse yesterday.  And oh yeah, Francisco Alvarez got the game winning home run to win the game.  His batting average is up to .145.  Not great but he appears to be getting more comfortable in AAA.
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