NY Post · Jul 23, 2018
Why Mets pulled trigger early on this Jeurys Familia trade
William Toffey and Bobby WahlThe Mets found no reason to wait. No need to be more patient.
They had a goal in mind when it came to the Jeurys Familia return, and the A’s met it. In their mind, prolonged trade talks could lead to a worse deal.
“The way we handled it was we had a certain level of return we were looking for, and when one team hit that level and we were comfortable with the return, we made that deal,” assistant general manager John Ricco said, speaking for the first time since the trade of their closer was completed. “We had a pretty good sense as to what the rental market for a reliever would bring.”