NY Mets trade away promising prospect stolen from the LA Dodgers back in December
Before throwing a single pitch for the Mets organization, he’s out the door.
The New York Mets lost a lot of players in December’s Rule 5 Draft. Both at the MLB level and minor leagues, they were gutted as far as quantity goes. The minor league portion of the Rule 5 Draft doesn’t have the same stipulation as the MLB level where a player must remain on a club’s 26-man roster for the full season. Even with this in mind, the team picked up only a single player.
Michael Hobbs, a promising pitching prospect formerly of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was the lone gunslinger added to the Mets depth chart in either part of the Rule 5 Draft. Recently written about on Rising Apple based largely on his awesome reverse splits at the minor league level, he’ll continue his pro-baseball journey with the Seattle Mariners.
Minors trade: The Mets are trading RHP Michael Hobbs to the Mariners for cash, league sources said. The Mets had selected Hobbs from the Dodgers in the minor-league phase of the 2024 Rule 5 draft.
A 25-year-old righty who has dominated against lefties and posted a very respectable 3.18 ERA in 141.1 minor league innings isn’t someone you give up so easily. Or is he? The fact that the Dodgers chose not to protect him was curious enough. For the Mets to move on quickly doesn’t match the results.
