July 30, 2021
The Mets remained on the sidelines during the frenzy of deals that went down on Thursday and early Friday, but they finally made a big move about an hour before the 4 pm ET trade deadline. In a deal with the Cubs, they acquired infielder Javier Báez, righty Trevor Williams, and cash considerations in exchange for center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, the team’s first-round pick in the 2020 amateur draft.
The move addresses a pair of particularly acute needs for the Mets, who placed shortstop Francisco Lindor and ace Jacob deGrom on the Injured List on back-to-back days just after the All-Star break. Lindor left the team’s first game of the second half with a strained oblique, and is now two weeks into a three-to-five-week recovery period, having just returned to baseball activities as of Friday. Báez, a pending free agent, can handle shortstop duties until he gets back, then slide over to second base to form a double play combination that will be must-see TV.
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Source: Mets RHP Robert Stock To Undergo Surgery On Torn Hamstring
New York Mets pitcher Robert Stock will undergo season-ending surgery on his torn hamstring, a source tells Inside the Mets.
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The Mets lost another piece of their pitching depth for the rest of the season.
Right-handed starter Robert Stock will undergo surgery to repair a torn hamstring, a source tells Inside the Mets, which will officially end his 2021 campaign.
Stock was acquired by the Mets off waivers in June, and made two starts for the big-league club.
Unfortunately, Stock s time with the Mets came to a screeching halt when he exited his last outing on July 20 after just one inning of work, due to a hamstring injury suffered while running to first on a ground ball.