Mets / Diamondbacks

[New York Mets]

The Mets and Diamondbacks general managers have agreed on a trade.

Mets receive
Isaiah Kiner-Falefa, 3B/CF/LF, TOR
Contract: 6.75M/2024 6.75M/2025 UFA/2026

Diamondbacks receive
Alex Mooney, SS - Prospect
Josh Stephan, SP - Prospect

With my 3B (Moncada) and CF (Bleday) being potential clown shows I decided to make a move for super utility player IKF when he was made available for trade by the Dbacks. Falefa should be a solid backup for my 3B/CF clowns. In return I offered up and coming Rangers pitching prospect Stephan and 2023 draftee Mooney who was a top 100 FYPD player in some respectable rankings. The Dbacks GM decided that this is the solid prospect package he was looking for. Then all was good in the world for a short moment.

I would like to thank the Dbacks ownership for the quick and positive negotiations and wish Alex and Josh a great time in the heat of the desert.

Welcome to Port St. Lucie, Isaiah, and as always...let´s go Mets!

[Arizona Diamondbacks]

The D-Backs accept.

For us giving up IKF made sense because we have some depth at those positions, and it cleared a little more money for FA bidding and got us 2 nice prospects.  We like Stephan a lot and think he may be of help to us as early as next season. Mooney is an interesting prospect with our beloved Guardians, although a trade would be better for him with Cleveland's abundance of talent throughout the organization at the middle IF positions.

Thanks, as always to Dominik for the negotiations and the deal, it has been a minute since we have done this. Good luck this season!!

[Arizona Diamondbacks]

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