Since at least the end of the 2018 season, outfielder Manuel Margot was viewed as a possible New York Mets trade target. Usually, Margot would be mentioned in the plethora of fictional trade proposals written up in reference to the San Diego Padres’ interest in pitcher Noah Syndergaard.
Well, at least for now, Margot isn’t heading to Flushing in anything other than a visiting team’s bus. Margot was traded by the Padres on Saturday to the Tampa Bay Rays in a trade that makes it quite clear he was never a realistic headliner in any deal for Syndergaard.