[情報] Pirates, Mets Swap Neil Walker, Jon Ni

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Pirates, Mets Swap Neil Walker, Jon Niese

By Jeff Todd | December 9, 2015 at 5:18pm CST

5:18pm: The Mets have formally announced the trade, which is indeed a
one-for-one swap of the two veteran players.

3:31pm: The Mets have reached agreement on a deal for Pirates second baseman
Neil Walker, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports on Twitter. It is
pending a review of medicals and “small other matters,” he adds. Lefty Jon
Niese is heading to Pittsburgh in the deal, ESPN.com’s Buster Olney tweets.

Both players have long been said to be available. The move allows the teams
to swap similarly-priced assets to fill needs.

In Walker, the Mets will add a thirty-year-old switch-hitter who does much of
what the team hoped to find in Ben Zobrist. Better still, Walker is much
younger and will not require a commitment beyond the coming season. His 2016
salary is not yet determined, but MLBTR projects that he’ll earn $10.7MM via
arbitration.

Sep 18, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Neil
Walker (18) takes batting practice before the game against the Los Angeles
Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY
Sports

Though Walker did not quite live up to his fairly high standards last year,
he was nevertheless quite productive at the plate. All said, he owns a
.272/.338/.431 lifetime bating line, compiled in nearly 3,500 plate
appearances, and has averaged about 16 long balls a year since he became a
regular. He’s rarely strayed too far above or below that mark, which is
quite productive for a middle infielder.

Walker profiles more as an average to below-average defender, but his bat has
been good enough to make up the difference. In the aggregate, he’s something
like a 2.5 to 3.5 WAR player, making him quite a useful piece. It is worth
noting, however, that Walker’s traditionally poor performance against
left-handed pitching got even worse last year, making him a candidate for
part-time platoon support.

May 16, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Jon Niese
(49) throws during the second inning against the Washington Nationals at
Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports

Niese, meanwhile, will presumably take up a rotation spot for the Bucs. He’s
owed $9MM for the coming season and can be controlled via two options priced
at $10MM and $11MM, each of which include $500K buyouts.

The 29-year-old southpaw was not at his best in 2015, as he worked to a 4.13
ERA in 176 2/3 innings. But he produced at quite a strong level for the three
preceding seasons, with peripherals largely supporting his results. He
produced a 3.49 ERA, with 6.9 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9 to go with a 49.0% groundball
rate, in 521 innings over 2012-14. ERA estimators saw a bit of luck baked in,
but he still ended the span with a 3.69 FIP and xFIP to go with a 3.85 SIERA
mark.

Pittsburgh has, of course, had plenty of success in getting excellent value
out of veteran rotation pieces. It’s not fair to call Niese a bounce-back
type of asset, since he was still plenty serviceable last year, but he
represents a buy-low option after his sub-par 2015. It’s worth bearing in
mind, too, that Pittsburgh will have the potential for some down-the-line
upside, as Niese’s options could look like solid pick-ups if he can return
to his prior form.

在大都會搶不到Zobrist
馬上轉向跟海盜討論Walker
相較於Zobrist
Walker更年輕
合約也更短(可供過渡用)
而換到海盜的Niese
2015年其實並不優
176 2/3局 ERA 4.13
還是有機會在海盜找回春天(依照這幾年左投反彈的能力)
加油吧...海盜投手教練們

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推 Darksmith: 還不錯啊  投好還有option可以撿  壞了就丟
→ troy30408: 最主要是換的是Hometown hero...QAQ
→ troy30408: 海盜有可能追Matt Thornton跟Kyle Kendrick
→ troy30408: 釀酒對Alvarez有興趣 不是吧QAQ
推 LucasDuda: 梅子迷覺得雙贏！
推 buccos: 拜託別Kendrick 跟炸彈一樣
推 pejahuang: ...真心想問為何會換? 2B砲+也算海盜臉成績也沒差到哪
→ pejahuang: 還換一隻有傷病史的軟左投...非專業海盜迷但很不解
→ pejahuang: 文中寫被左殺，比起同樣是被左殺A.Lind還多了2B優勢
推 LucasDuda: 簡單來說就是Niese的約便宜又有保障
→ LucasDuda: Walker守備沒有優勢，他是屬於破手套那一群的～
→ loveAJB: Niese跟以往改造投手相比，確實軟很多，西瑞吉也說他屬於
→ loveAJB: 高地板，但只有低天花板的改造幅度
推 dimblackjQ: 挺好奇明年2B會是哪個新秀卡到位置@@