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MLB Rumors: Mets misery, Braves fit former Yankee, Red Sox huge return

By Cody Williams

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 01: Brett Baty #22 of the New York Mets in action against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on June 01, 2023 in New York City. New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 01: Brett Baty #22 of the New York Mets in action against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on June 01, 2023 in New York City. New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /
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Jun 13, 2023; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets third baseman Brett Baty (22) celebrates after an RBI single during the first inning against the New York Yankees at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports /

MLB Rumors: Mets DFA Brett Baty, continue season of misery

The pain that New York Mets fans have been forced to endure this season is well-documented. Most infamously, the high-dollar roster that Steve Cohen constructed sits in fourth-place in the NL East and well out of the wild card race, leading to the club trading away both Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander at the deadline, among others.

But now the misery is continuing, though perhaps in less obvious ways.

On Monday, the team optioned one of its former top prospects, third baseman Brett Baty, back to Triple-A Syracuse, as reported by MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo. Baty had struggled mightily this season in the majors, slashing .216/.289/.331 over 86 games this season with the Mets at the big-league level.

DiComo noted that the organization believes that going back down to Syracuse and the Triple-A level will be best for Baty’s development. Having said that, it’s a tough pill to swallow that this season that has been such a mitigated disaster is actually made worse when you consider that Baty was supposed to be a cornerstone for the future as the organization’s No. 2 overall prospect last year.

Buck Showalter and the Mets brass are selling this as a “time out” and trip to “take a breath” for Baty, but it feels worse than that in the construct of this season for New York. They were hoping that Baty, who had dominated Triple-A pitching, would immediately help a contender. Instead, the team is a bottom-dweller that won’t have Baty on the roster for at least a bit after this latest move.

Not great.

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