Cordero just got sent down. His numbers: Turns 27 in Sep, makes $0.8M, .502 OPS, -0.3 fWAR (-6.3 O, -0.4 D, 1.3 BR), becomes a free agent in '24.
Winckowski: AA Portland: 4 starts, 20 IP, 1.80 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 17/9 K/BB.
3 PTBNLs still coming.
It’s mentioned upthread, but Cordero’s demotion may result in an extra year of control too.
Re the PTBNLs, it should be in the next couple weeks. On the Mets, the range of prospects roughly matching #7 Khalil Lee has been narrowed some. RHP Matthew Allan (their #3 according to FanGraphs), probably the highest-end prospect we might expect, needs surgery, and Franklyn Kilome (#15), probably the lowest, has been DFA’d.
Here are the guys in between:
3B Mark Vientos - decent start, 21yo in AA, needs to be added to the 40-man this winter
3B Brett Baty - hot start in A+, same age as Vientos but Mets have an extra year of development before they need to protect him
OF Pete Crow-Armstrong - needs surgery on non-throwing arm
RHP JT Ginn - recovery from TJS
OF Alexander Ramirez - is 18
LHP Thomas Szapucki - healthy, good start, almost 25, on 40-man
SS Shervyn Newton - healthy, 45% K rate in A-ball as a 22-year-old
3B/SS Jaylen Palmer - bad start, 22-yo in A ball
RHP Junior Santos - looks healthy, fine, 19yo in A ball
RHP Ryley Gilliam - looks healthy but struggling as a 24-yo in AA, needs to be added to the 40-man this winter
RHP Jose Butto - ranked 19th in their system but some helium this year, good start as a 23-yo in A+
I can only speculate, but my money’s still on Szapucki, a big spin rate guy Bloom is probably into. I’d be plenty happy with Vientos too, who would likely be currency for a future trade.
Much harder to do on the Royals. I had liked Seuly Matias but he’s been dreadful and I’m not sure the Red Sox fan base can handle another high-strikeout power prospect.