{"id":60029,"date":"2023-08-03T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=60029"},"modified":"2023-08-02T16:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T20:25:34","slug":"billy-epplers-legacy-determined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/08\/03\/billy-epplers-legacy-determined\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Eppler’s Legacy Will Be Determined Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

After weeks of speculation, Billy Eppler, Steve Cohen, and the <\/span>New York Mets<\/span><\/a> made their decision crystal clear; they are rebuilding. New York decided to sell most of their tradeable assets to restart the process. Eppler dealt off Eduardo Escobar, David Robertson, Max Scherzer, Mark Canha, Justin Verlander, Dominic Leone, and Tommy Pham. Other players like Brooks Raley and Omar <\/span>Narv\u00e1ez could’ve been dealt away. Even Pete Alonso stayed put. For Eppler, this is a bold strategy to decide to cut the cord when they efficiently could’ve run it back and try again in 2024. It’s a move that, while not immediately, will eventually determine how the perception of Eppler will be.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Billy Eppler’s Prospects<\/span><\/h2>\n

Gone are the veterans; in are the prospects that could be factored in the next few years. Maybe not the vision Mets fans wanted after World Series aspirations, but it’s the direction Eppler and Cohen think is best for the club. Eppler went out and got Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford for Verlander. They subtracted Scherzer for Luisangel Acuna, Ronald Acuna’s younger brother. Traded Escobar for two pitching prospects, Coleman Crow and Landon Marceaux. Canha was shipped off to Milwaukee for another pitching prospect in Justin Jarvis. <\/span>Miami Marlins<\/span><\/a> prospects Marco Vargas and Ronald Hernandez were sent from South Beach to Flushing Meadows in the Robertson trade. 17-year-old Jeremy Rodriguez was acquired in exchange for Pham, and finally, Leone headed to Anaheim for Jeremiah Jackson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mets players traded:<\/p>\n

Eduardo Escobar
\nDavid Robertson
\nMax Scherzer
\nJustin Verlander
\nTommy Pham
\nMark Canha
\nDominic Leone<\/p>\n

Received:<\/p>\n

Four top 100 MLB prospects
\n10 prospects on my top 35 Mets<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike Mayer (@mikemayer22) August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n