Maybe it’s because we’ve seen enough Jeff McNeil which has us feeling assured he won’t return much to the New York Mets in a trade. Randomly watching a Mets game over the holiday weekend, it only took one McNeil at-bat to explain to my family how it was actually tame by his usual standards.
McNeil is a fallen batting champion who doesn’t serve much of a purpose to the Mets any longer. His relationship with Francisco Lindor is moot, but with the team already moving Brandon Nimmo, we can expect McNeil to be at the top of the list of players the team will send packing for the sake of change.