A day after it was announced that Steve Cohen was putting in a bid to purchase majority control of the New York Mets from the Wilpons, the Mets have acquired outfielder Jake Marisnick from the Houston Astros.
Originally drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2009, Marisnick was traded to the Miami Marlins in 2012 as part of the infamous deal involving Mark Buehrle and Joses Reyes. Marisnick made his big league debut with the Marlins in 2013 before being traded to the Astros during the 2014 trade deadline. Since 2015, Marisnick has been a semi-regular in the lineup often coming in the game for late inning defense. He does have occasional power slamming 16 HR during the Astros' World Series championship season in 2017. In 2019, Marisnick batted .233 with 10 HR and 34 RBI in 120 games. But his strength is his outfield defense.
Marisnick, 28, made headlines this season shortly before the All-Star Break during a home plate collision with then Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy who sustained a concussion and a broken nose. MLB suspended Marisnick for two games for the incident. For their part, the Angels plunked Marisnick in a game nine days later. Neither Marisnick nor the Astros retaliated. Hopefully the incident was an aberration.
No doubt new Mets manager Carlos Beltran wanted Marisnick on his team as the two were teammates in Houston in their glory year of 2017. Marisnick will likely play the same role he did in Houston as a fourth outfielder. Having a World Series winner on the roster should be a help to the Mets in 2020, but whether it will be enough to compete with the Braves, Nationals and Phillies in the NL East remains to be seen.
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