The Mets, operating as one of the busiest clubs this offseason, finagled their way into their second three-team trade of the year last week. They acquired prospect Khalil Lee from the Royals, helping facilitate the Andrew Benintendi trade to Kansas City, while sending Josh Winckowski and a player to be named later to Boston.
Lee has been a long time member of the Royals minor league system—they drafted him out of high school in 2016—and he has worked his way up the totem pole to make it to Double-A in 2019. Obviously we did not get much information on him in 2020 due to COVID-19 cancelling the minor league season, and all developments were kept behind closed doors, though there were reports of a swing change at the alternate site that make this trade even more interesting.