Mets get Cespedes at trade deadline

Slugger Yoenis Cespedes was dealt from the Tigers to the New York Mets on Friday.

Sixteen trades were made Friday ahead of the annual deadline for deals without waivers.

As of the last minute, Joel Sherman of the New York Post says Luis Sessa and Michael Fullmer – two minor league right-handers – will be the return to the Tigers.

“If you’re pretty locked in like that, and obviously I hadn’t thrown out of the stretch, so I think I knew what was going on”, he said of the no-hit bid. 293 with 17 home runs and 61 runs batted in.

Cespedes – who won the 2013 Home Run Derby at Citi Field – addresses a pair of glaring needs for the Mets, who entered Friday last among major league teams in batting average (.235), slugging percentage (.364) and runs scored (363).

“That was a very big crowd, one of the biggest I’d seen”, Cespedes said Saturday.

“Again, if you go back to Wednesday and even this conversation, we’re talking about human beings”.

Cespedes has played all but two of his 101 games this season in left field. There have been additionally studies that the Mets, whose payroll has sunk since possession misplaced $500 million within the rip-off in 2008, referred to as off the commerce resulting from monetary considerations.

With Cespedes aboard, coupled with the recent deals for infielders Kelly Johnson and Juan Uribe, the Mets think they have solved the offensive woes that have plagued them all year.

The New York Mets need an outfield bat, and it seemed like they got one earlier in the week in Milwaukee’s Carlos Gomez.

Cespedes did considerably less research than his new manager did, but he said he is aware of the much-publicized strength of his fourth major-league team. “So give him credit”.

The Rangers sent left-hander Matt Harrison and five prospects to Philadelphia. The Rangers will receive $9.5 million – $7 million in 2016 and $2.5 million in 2018 – to offset part of the contract for Hamels, who is due $22.5 million per season through 2018 with a club option for 2019. 31 ERA – started Friday simply three video games behind the Washington Nationals, their opponent for this weekend’s three-game collection at Citi Subject, within the Nationwide League East. They’re additionally four half video games behind the San Francisco Giants within the race for the second wild card.

“I think our guys know they’re in it now”, Collins said.

Hamels, 6-7 with a 3.64 ERA, figures to be part of a rotation next year with Japanese ace Yu Darvish, who had Tommy John surgery in March. “But you want to do what’s best not just for my baseball career, but for my family”. “We’re a fly ball-hitting team even though, at one time, we were leading the league in double plays”.

Toronto acquired outfielder Ben Revere from Philadelphia, following up on its deals for All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, reliever LaTroy Hawkins and Price.

“We’re excited and I love the fact that we were in a position to do some things and be this close”, Toronto general manager Alex Anthopoulos said.

-San Diego obtained left-hander Marc Rzepczynski from Cleveland.