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Grading the Mets’ three recent trades

The first of these three moves was at worst fine and arguably pretty good. Keon Broxton is a plus defender in center field, costs very little, and has consistently posted elite exit velocity numbers. Of course, he also can’t really make contact (career strikeout rate of 36%), hasn’t done much over the last two years, and is already 29. He’s got a high variance skill set that could turn into 600 very good PA, but more likely turns into a bad hitter with good defense and speed on the basepaths.

More important than Broxton is the acquisition cost.