The Mets Are Doing Something STRANGE...

The New York Mets are doing something strange. Believe it or not, defensive-oriented Tyrone Taylor is on a scorcher at the plate right now. Despite this fact, manager Andy Green seldom plays him, let alone granting him at-bats, and therefore, insiders grew conclusions as to why, namely, the trade deadline. So, we'll dive into the impact of benching the Mets' fourth outfielder, mere weeks before August 3rd, only here on Mets Digest. I'm your host today, Mike Duda, stoked to dive in. But first, I want to thank each and every single one of the over 7,500 subscribers that we have on the channel. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to hit that free subscribe button. And if you're one of the 70% of viewers who has not yet done so, please consider on the road to 8,000 subscribers. It's free and it's worth your while. We got videos coming out each and every single day, between myself and Josh Byrne, sometimes two, three, and even four videos in a given day. 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So the interesting note that I want to dive in today appeared on an article two mornings ago, prior to the rubber game in Milwaukee, titled, it looks like the New York Mets are shielding one of their trade assets from losing value, written by Tim Boyle of the Rising Apple, who says in the final two weeks leading up to the MLB trade deadline, the goal is very simple for the Mets, raise the stock of trade pieces. At least Robert Jr. is back and a homer in his second game back, at least altered everyone of what the New York Mets outfielder can do and broader the entire New York Mets outfield, because keep in mind, Robert is under contract. That means Taylor isn't really the fourth outfielder anymore. He's actually been pushed back to the fifth behind, of course, Corson Bench, AJ Ewing and Juan Soto, who hopefully will be the outfield for the next five, 10 plus years. And he's behind now fourth outfielder, Luis Robert Jr., which alters everything, not just Robert, not just the outfield, but Tyrone Taylor himself. Meanwhile, Freddy Peralta's value continues to sink as he continues to struggle on the mound. But one player who is getting overlooked a little bit too much on the trade market is getting completely hidden. And that, of course, will be Taylor. The team is dealing with a bit of a roster crunch at the moment, rotating through their outfielders, as we mentioned, trying to get Robert in there, but also using the DH in a variety of ways, having Robert at that DH spot sometimes, but also having Jorge Polanco hit at the DH because that was a terrible David Stern signing. He's not healthy enough to play defense. And because he's owed so much money, he has to be in the lineup every single day. So there's a lot of DH options that you can use. And Taylor isn't really one of them. He will play the outfield. But the fact that you only have three outfield spots and one DH for so many options at all of those positions creates havoc for Taylor. And it might not be a trade deadline thing after all. It might just be a factor of Andy Green has quote unquote too many options to play Tyrone Taylor, despite him being on a scorcher at the plate, which we'll dive into in a second. But continuing with the article, Wednesday's lineup against the Brewers is a different one once more, and it didn't include Tyrone Taylor. Instead, Brett Beatty took over in right field for the afternoon to at least start the game. Now, Taylor did come in. He did get in at bat and he did play the field, but Beatty started nonetheless. Marcus Simeon went back to second base for, well, it doesn't really matter why. And the answer is absolutely not, because the Mets are done. The season is over. They will sell. We know that. So let's dive into the next segment of this article in relation to a possible trade deadline candidate. It's titled, The Mets are operating like Tyrone Taylor's trade value is at peak right now. And it makes sense. He's hitting .333, .408, .89 in July prior to that Wednesday game with four home runs in the month. All solo shots and accounting for the only four RBIs he had, but he has amazingly added three doubles with it for a total of seven extra base hits. Leading up to July, he only had six all season. So he's already surpassed his total season mark in just one month, half a mark, to be honest. ESPN's recent list of the 100 best trade candidates didn't include Taylor, but it did mention Mark Dientos. It's a fair enough assessment. Nobody suspects Taylor would fetch the Mets all too much. If you trade him, you're probably going to get a minimal package. And let's say, give or take, it's a couple of teenagers. However, he has an expiring contract. So you might as well do it. The Mets don't seem to think so either, or at least they're in a prevent defense mode to protect him from going on a cold streak and therefore his value plummeting and seeing his numbers go into the toilet. Right now, he's on a scorcher. So why not sell high if you can? And we've heard a lot of comparisons. So let's actually visit those right now. Dientos, Robert, and Taylor, who have all spent time on the injured list. Dientos on there right now. Taylor missed some time and Luis Robert missed a ton of time. And when you look at the offensive stats, despite Taylor not being known for his offense, he's a glove first guy. His hitting stats per the averages look better than the other two. That goes to show Dientos and Robert are having very, very bad years. But this hot streak has done wonders for Taylor, who now has a better batting average, better slog, better OPS, and better OPS plus throughout the course of the season than his two teammates, which is saying something because both of these guys, Dientos and Robert, can definitely be traded. However, with the Dientos injury, that probably won't happen. But there were a ton of rumors of the Mets moving him. And there are some rumblings about them moving on from Luis Robert as well. So hopefully, Taylor could fetch you a decent enough package. However, we all know who Tyrone is. He's a glove first guy. It's no secret who Tyrone Taylor is. We knew this with the Brewers. We know it now with the Mets. He's a perfectly fine fourth or fifth outfielder who gives you speed, gives you good defense, and in some seasons, reasonable power. We're seeing it right now, especially on this streak. He's an unexpected hitter who can go through long phases, however, of not reaching base and really struggling. Slightly worse offensively with the Mets in comparison to who he was with the Brewers. The best hope of any reunion in a Taylor trade is to scout a random teenage prospect or two, an 18-year-old, a 19-year-old, possibly even a 16 or 17-year-old. One example written about on the Rising Apple earlier this week involved Taylor going back to Milwaukee for a pair of 19-year-old prospects. If that's what you can get, so be it. As we'll dive into, he is on an expiring contract. You might as well trade him now. He's not going to be part of your plans in 2027. Get some value if you can get anything for him. Just do it. This season is over. It's the kind of deal that can quickly become forgotten about, probably would be, or if you find a diamond in the rough or even two with these teenagers, it could be one that pays off for several years down the line. Taylor hasn't played in any of the games against the Brewers after appearing in all three versus the Phillies. We do know that he pinch hit. Again, this article was written before the game, but again, he didn't play compared to the Phillies where he played the whole weekend. As a player on an expiring contract, we should expect the Mets to shop him and take simply whatever they can get. That's what I'm saying. Get whatever you can and just do it. Pull the trigger. There's little reason to hold onto him much longer. Right or wrong, they've decided to pretty much let his value stay stagnant right now on this hot streak that hopefully other teams would buy. And that's fair. Nobody's about to get tricked into giving up more than they need for Tyrone Taylor, who is a glove first guy and a pretty poor bat in the long run. But they could, however, realize he had been for less. So I think that's what Andy Green and the front office is trying to do. I don't think this is necessarily Green preventing a guy who's on a hot streak from being in the lineup every day. I think this is David Stern saying, hey, we're trying to flip him over the next two weeks. Can we please just have him on a hot streak? Because he's on a tear right now. But as we've mentioned, he's on that expiring contract, which means the Mets are absolutely going to move on from this season. However, he provides great defense. We all know that. Even this year, his arm strength is through the roof. His sprint speed is fantastic. Even if his OAA, out to above average, is not great. And even if his arm value isn't all there, especially compared to last year when he was basically in the 80th percentile or better in each of these statistics. But again, this hot streak is it. This is why Taylor's value hopefully will be at its highest right now. Because when you look at the last 30 days, that is since he has come back from injury and he has a 367 batting average with an OPS above 1.3. And the last 15 days, the last week, they've been even better for Tyrone Taylor. So hopefully the Mets can sell high enough on him. I hope that's the case. I say absolutely do it. It's pretty straightforward. Expiring contract, hot streak. That should add, hopefully, whatever value you can get at the trade deadline. So I think it's straightforward what to do with Tyrone Taylor. Just like it's pretty straightforward to give PrizePix a try because this video is brought to you by PrizePix. Use the link in the description or pinned comment and use code Digest to get started today. So you know what time it is. Do this decisions. We have a super fun one today. And the question is, what will the announcers, I assume this is in relation to Gary, Keith and Ron and Steve Gelbs, whoever's on the broadcast tonight for the Mets. What will they say during the Dodgers versus Mets game? We have a big question. So let's answer it. Here are your possible things. Citi Field. I think they will end up mentioning Citi Field at one point or another. It is where the ballpark is after all. And Gary Cohen usually says something along the lines of from Citi Field here in Flushing, Queens. So I think that is a yes. I don't think anybody, their draft value when they were drafted, maybe a potential prospect that was just drafted. I don't think any of those are coming up. So I'm saying no on the word draft coming up. Momentum, I'm also gonna go with no. I simply just have a hunch there. I'm also gonna say no on the career high. I don't think any form of a career high is brought up today. Bunt or bunted, I'm also going no. I don't see a bunt happening or the broadcast going over a former bunt. However, sweep or swept might be something that comes up because the Mets have been swept a good amount and remember they were swept by the Dodgers the first time around. So I'm going yes on that. Shutout, maybe as well because they didn't score a lot of runs in that series against the Dodgers in LA. So I'm gonna say yes on that. Error, we all know the Mets defense despite David Stearns' run prevention theory. So I'm going yes on that. MVP, I am also going yes because Shohei Otani will probably maybe be the National League MVP. Hopefully it's Juan Soto, but I'm gonna unfortunately go with Otani. Grand Slam, I'm gonna go no I think that only comes up if a Grand Slam is hit. Pitch clock, yeah, I feel like it's gonna come up. It comes up a good amount. No hitter, definitely not. I don't see a no hitter happening. Bases loaded, absolutely. That's a pretty common theme especially when you talk about the Dodgers. Walk off, I'm gonna go no. Extra inning, I'm also gonna go no. I don't think it's gonna be a super tight game tonight. Wild pitch, I'm going to say yes. What a catch. Oh, that's a Gary Cohen staple. I am definitely gonna go with yes. Event does not qualify. I am not picking on that because I would say no, but it's locked. And as for Shohei Otani, I'm also not picking on that because I would say yes, but that again is locked. I think if he's in the lineup, obviously he will be mentioned. And even if he's not, I think the broadcast is gonna say, hey, Shohei Otani is not in the lineup. So those are my thoughts. But again, thank you so much to Price Fix. Use the link in the description or pinned comment and download Price Fix and Code Digest to get started today. Users get $50 in their lineups instantly when playing your first $5 and it helps out the channel a ton. So I think that this is pretty cut and dry. But do you think that Tyrone Taylor should be traded? I like Tyrone. But again, you have the expiring contract. He's at his peak value right now. I say go out and get whatever that value is. Even if it's a pair of teenagers, maybe one of them is a diamond in the rough and can provide something to the MLB club within the next couple of years. But maybe you want him as a fourth or a fifth outfielder for the future and you want them to resign him. Let me know all your thoughts down below. Let me know if you agree or disagree with me. But unfortunately, that's all the time I have for you in today's video. Thank you so much always for watching and let's go Mets!