Morning Briefing: Mets Add Pitching Depth at Deadline

Good morning Mets fans!

Many of you woke up on Tuesday yearning to add an ace like Jack Flaherty or Blake Snell or an elite closer like Tanner Scott.

President of baseball operations David Stearns ended the day with a more conservative haul, adding a trio of pitchers to supplement the current team.

The Mets added Oakland A’s starter Paul Blackburn, as well as relievers Tyler Zuber from the Tampa Bay Rays and Huascar Brazobán from the Miami Marlins. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Mets DFA’d pitcher Ty Adcock and catcher Logan Porter.

The Mets did not part ways with a single prospect in the top-25 of Michael Mayer’s top-50. The team gave up pitcher Kade Morris (No. 27) for Blackburn, another arm in Paul Gervase (No. 34) to land Zuber and infielder Wilfredo Lara (No. 35) to acquire Brazobán.

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Shintaro Fujinami cleared waivers, and the Mets outrighted him to Triple-A.

Starling Marte said he hopes to start a rehab assignment as soon as next week.

Brandon Nimmo and his wife announced they are expecting a daughter.

In his first rehab outing, Grant Hartwig tossed a scoreless inning and struck out two batters with Single-A St. Lucie.

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For all of yesterday’s trade deadline news, read our thread.

Chicago White Sox ace Garrett Crochet was not traded at the deadline.

The Detroit Tigers traded Jack Flaherty to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Additionally, the Yankees signed Brett Phillips, a former Rays outfielder, to a minor league contract as a pitcher.

The Red Sox acquired reliever Lucas Sims from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Yankees traded for reliever Mark Leiter Jr. from the Cubs in exchange for a pair of minor leaguers.

The Baltimore Orioles landed Miami Marlins pitcher Trevor Rogers in exchange for Connor Norby and Kyle Stowers. The Orioles also added Eloy Jiminez and brought Jackson Holliday back to the majors.

The Phillies added reliever Tanner Banks from the White Sox.

The Marlins traded first baseman Josh Bell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, left fielder Bryan De La Cruz to the Pirates and pitcher JT Chargois to the Seattle Mariners.

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Ryan Yarbrough to the Toronto Blue Jays for Kevin Kiermaier.

The Tampa Bay Rays acquired Dylan Carlson from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Funding for the Tampa Bay Rays new ballpark was approved Tuesday.

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Andrew Steele-Davis recapped David Stearns discussion of the Mets’ deadline moves.

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Brian Wright lists the five greatest Mets trade deadline deals.

This Day in Mets History

1999: Traded pitchers Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael to the A’s for Billy Taylor.

2015: Traded right-handed pitchers Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa to the Tigers for outfielder Yoenis Céspedes.

2017: Traded reliever Addison Reed to the Red Sox for pitching prospects Stephen Nogosek, Jamie Callahan and Gerson Bautista.

2018: A seemingly regular game against the Nationals turned disastrous as the Mets lost 25-4, the largest defeat in franchise history.

Birthdays: Nick Plummer (28), Rene Rivera (31), Billy Wynne (80)

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