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Mets: Three reasons I’m just as excited to land Carlos Carrasco

Sep 20, 2020; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco (59) during the sixth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports

Regardless of the end results, it will ultimately go down as the Francisco Lindor trade. When the New York Mets shipped off four players to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for their new shortstop, they also managed to pick up a pretty good pitcher in the process, Carlos Carrasco.

Carrasco has been a guy I viewed as a fit for the Mets for quite some time.