The Mets completed their first - and hopefully not only - trade of the deadline by sending J.D. Davis, Thomas Szapucki, Nick Zwack and Carson Seymour to the Giants for Darin Ruf, according to multiple sources. Ruf will likely be the right-handed half of the designated hitter platoon along with the recently acquired Daniel Vogelbach.
Ruf, while not the most exciting name on the market, hits lefties with authority, putting up at 155 wRC+ this season against lefties. He and Vogelbach should make for a formidable platoon, but neither offers much positional flexibility, though Ruf has, in 2022, played left field, right field, first base, and DH.