In yet another surprise move, the Mets agreed to trade Steven Matz to the Blue Jays last week. The Mets received three pitchers - Sean Reid-Foley, Josh Winckowski, and Yennsy Diaz - in return, clearing $5 million and adding some new names to their organizational pitching depth.
A 2nd round pick from 2014, Reid-Foley fits the prep-pitcher stereotype almost to a T. He’ll flash a plus slider, but it usually comes out flat. Occasionally he’ll snap off a good curve with downward break, but usually it blends ineffectively into his other breaking ball. Some innings he’ll hit his spots and look great, others he’ll get his stuff in the zone in bad spots and get hit hard, and sometimes he’ll fail to find the zone at all.