The Mets and Dodgers have completed their Curtis Granderson trade from Friday. New York announced that it has acquired minor league right-hander Jacob Rhame as the player to be named later in the swap. Rhame will report to Triple-A Las Vegas.
The 24-year-old Rhame had been with LA since 2013, when it selected him in the sixth round of the draft. The reliever ascended to the Triple-A level for the first time last season and logged a 3.29 ERA with 10.0 K/9 and 4.0 BB/9 in 63 innings in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. Rhame has tossed 48 more PCL frames this year and posted a worse ERA (4.31) and a similar K/9 (10.31), to go with a low-30s ground-ball percentage, but his walk rate has trended in the right direction (1.88 BB/9).
Rhame ranked as the Dodgers’ 28th-best prospect prior to the trade, according to MLB.com, which notes that he possesses a 94 mph to 98 mph heater that can occasionally hit triple digits. However, the outlet cautions that Rhame’s limited repertoire and extreme fly ball ways could make it difficult for him to carve out a big league future.
Rhame is a decent return for the Mets as a ptbnl.
Agreed
Maybe but he’s at best an edge case to see any significant time in the majors. Don’t know how he deserved to be in the Dodgers’ top 30 really.
Mets stocking up on the reliever prospects.
Intentionally stocking up, or MiLB relievers is all they’ve been able to get? I suspect the latter.
Rolling the dice with quantity, hoping one of two can contribute down the road. I actually like what they’ve done given this season was already lost. Only issue was whether or not the Yankees put a better offer and/or whether $$ savings was their primary motive.
@ the guy who kept obnoxiously saying top 30 prospects are never PTBNLs
Trea turner could verify.
Turner doesn’t count given that trade rules at the time wouldn’t allow him to be traded when the original deal was done since he had just been drafted that year. Therefore, he had to be a PTBNL until his trade clock finished ticking.
Lmao at the ptbnl comment haha
Shows what just picking up the remainder of the contract (a few million dollars they were already committed to) does for the return. He might be the best prospect they got back, and for the guy least valued as among Reid, Duda and Bruce.
Hard to believe they needed to save Rivera’s remaining salary (under $300,000) at the cost of having him catch the younger pitchers in September.
I agree could very well be the best piece in years time. I still think Drew Smith was the best piece back out of all the trades IMO. Would almost bet Smith will be on the major league roster come opening day next year
The “hitter friendly PCL” is overstated in this case. OK City is a neutral park in the American Conference. Most of the hitter friendly parks are in the Pacific Conference, and the league plays a very imbalanced schedule. Vegas and the Pacific Conference are a whole different ballgame.
Now that contending teams see what they can give up for a solid bench piece, I can predict the Mets handling quite a few calls for the rest of their assets. Is Cabrera next?
Now Sandy can dispute those who say there’s no Rhame or reason for his moves.