I would think the Mets would be all over those players, but then young controllable outfielders (Nimmo, Conforto) and shortstops (Rosario) are not their biggest needs...
Even then, is he still likely more than a future utility infielder? Not that UIF's are unimportant, but certainly they are replaceable and ca be acquired multiple ways quickly.
If he is the next Carlos Asuaje, was it a bad deal?
You've got to stop listening to Natick and Mad Stork about what this team needs. If Dombrowski actually took their advice and made those deals, they would both complain about what he did to the team and tell you how it was weaker and still not built for the post-season...
Soxprospects.com ranked Espinal 19th in a weak farm system and said he profiled as a future utility infielder
He was 23 years old and still in A-ball, granted due to a late start from playing JuCo ball. But I really doubt the Sox miss him...
I think Kyle Gibson might be harder to get than DeGrom. That extra year of control has proven to be very pricey with pitching.
The Red Sox can probably get Shields for next to nothing and might even be able to get the White Sox to pick up some salary. This still doesn't necessarily make it a good deal.
Or maybe the going rate for it.
Maybe I'm alone in this regard, but I worry more about the years thsn the money. I don't have to pay any of the latter but I have to watch all of the former. .
The organization may have also felt that even with his decline they weren't going to get a better pitcher for that kind of money on a one year deal. ..
You didn't put that notion forth, but the post I originally responded to appeared to.
Whether or not Cora mishandled Wright in that one game shouldn't be an indictment of his abilities to handle a knuckle baller. He does have more insights on the matter than many give him credit for. And he very likely takes more matters into account as well...