Following a day or so of intrigue, the Mets officially traded Jeurys Familia to the A’s Saturday afternoon. Thus begins the 2018 edition of the Great Mets Selloff.
In return for the closer, the Mets get two minor leaguers. They also get a million bucks of international bonus money and shock of shocks, the A’s are picking up the rest of the $3 million Familia is owed. This, after the Mets trio of GMs said they would be willing to eat salary to increase the quality of prospects. So Sandy Alderson was not the only liar in the front office.