Mets strike a deal with the subway rivals

[bravesfan4]

The subway rivals send a few packing, they agree to send

SP Archer, Chris, $0.5m (2012)
OF Beltran, Carlos, $17m (2011) 17m pd for by NYM
CI Blake, Casey, $6m (2011) 6m pd for by NYM
P Garcia, Christian, $0.5m (P-n/a)
SP Lackey, John, $10.5m (2012)
OF Wells, Vernon, $18m (2014)

To the Bronx for

CI Goldschmidt, Paul, $0.5m (P-n/a)
SP Maine, John, $3m (2012)
P Perez, Carlos, $0.5m (P-n/a)
CI Rodriguez, Alex, $27.5m (2017)
P Jokisch, Eric, $0.5m (P-n/a)

The Mets agree to take on the worst contract in the league in order to obtain some youth. Goldschmidt Perez and Jokisch are all personal favorites of mine. Maine was included to help on money next year. Kinda of swap of dead weight. The Mets hate to get rid of a top 50 in Archer, but hope Perez benefits from being in the best farm system in baseball. 

Yanks to confirm

[OUDAN]

confirmed i am happy with all of this other then giving up goldschmidt but thats the price you have to pay to get rid of that damn contract arod was on. this deal will help me this year and in the future.
i agree to this deal lets get it done

[MillerTime]

 

I think this is a very well balanced deal, especially considering there is only a handful of teams in this league that could consider taking on AROID.  Well done fellas.

[Mr.TradeKing]

 

Mets gain youth and even production this year and the Yankees cut cap in the future.

~MTK

[Daniel]

I for one won't accept this trade. I think that considering the circunstances under which Corey left the Yankees for the Mets there should be a time period before he brings in players from his old team. It is unfair for the rest of the league since obviously a manger prefers the players from the team he had previously built. Plus, this trade may be a little bit lopsided. I know how hard it is to get rid of awful contracts in this league and I think that the fact that the Yankees are getting three major leaguers  and a solid prospect in exchange for A-Rod and a couple of prospects is simply too good.

[MillerTime]

I believe that all of recent opposition to the New GMs trades may have created a need for a bit of overpayment from an existing GM to a new GM, therefore making sure the new GM was not taken advantage of. 

I think that this trade is a good balance, but I truly believe in Goldschmidt and Perez, while I am down on Archer (traded him this offseason).  Yanks get major league players with bad contracts Wells and Lackey. 

[OUDAN]

true this trade will hurt me for the next two years, and im stuck with wells contract i would rather have his side of it, but offloading arods contract was huge to me to free up future car room.....i dont see the problem i took two bad contract back

[Daniel]

Yes but Wells should start producing when he gets back from injury and in this league even with those horrible numbers Lackey still helps with points simply by remaining a starter. Plus Blake and Beltran may be aging guys but they are producers and there was plenty of league interest in them. Wells contract is until 2014, A-Rod's is 2017. And let's remember this is a hitter-biased league, so pitching prospects are worth less than hitters.

[OUDAN]

i just felt that the hit i would take the next few years would make up for it but im new to the league so what do i know

[OUDAN]

although it would be nice to know so i can know if i need to go aquire a new CI lol