{"id":7858,"date":"2017-07-29T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T04:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2017-07-29T02:13:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T06:13:06","slug":"new-york-mets-acquire-aj-ramos-miami-marlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/07\/29\/new-york-mets-acquire-aj-ramos-miami-marlins\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mets Acquire AJ Ramos From Miami Marlins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One day after trading <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dudalu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucas Duda<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to the Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Mets acquired\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/ramosaj01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AJ Ramos<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of the Miami Marlins. The Marlins will be receiving minor league prospects <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=cesped000ric&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ricardo Cespedes<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=gonzal002mer&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Merandy Gonzalez<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have acquired RHP A.J. Ramos from the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor league OF Ricardo Cespedes &amp; minor league RHP Merandy Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Mets (@Mets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mets\/status\/891134068351524866\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>New York Mets Acquire AJ Ramos From Miami Marlins<\/h2>\n<p>The Mets making a deal to bring somebody on board may sound confusing at first considering general manager <strong>Sandy Alderson<\/strong> has stated that they would be sellers at the deadline. They proved that yesterday as they shipped Duda to Tampa Bay for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=smith-000dre&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Smith<\/a><\/strong> who is a Double-A relief prospect.<\/p>\n<p>This deal isn&#8217;t just for 2017 though as <strong>Ken Rosenthal<\/strong> clarified right after breaking the news of the trade.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AJ Ramos makes sense for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mets?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Mets<\/a> &#8211; under control through next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/891127748042698753\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It looks like Alderson will use the next few days to make whatever moves that will help the Mets for 2018 and beyond.<\/p>\n<h3>The Prospects<\/h3>\n<p>Cespedes is the Mets&#8217; 22nd-ranked prospect in their farm system according to <a href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/prospects\/2017?list=nym\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MLB Pipeline<\/a>. He is an outfielder currently on a rehab assignment with the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York Penn League. Cespedes is slashing .255\/.283\/.294 with four runs scored, one double, one home run, 15 RBI, four walks, and one stolen base in 29 games across three minor league levels in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez is the Mets&#8217; ninth-ranked prospect also according to MLB Pipeline. He is a right-handed starting pitcher who was pitching for the Class A-Advanced St. Lucie Mets. He is 12-3 with a 1.78 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, and 89 strikeouts in 106 innings and 17 starts. 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