Mets trade closer David Robertson to Marlins for two minor leaguers
1 year, 4 months ago

Mets trade closer David Robertson to Marlins for two minor leaguers

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The New York Mets began the process of dismantling the team with the largest payroll of all-time late Thursday night, trading closer David Robertson to the Miami Marlins for two teenage minor leaguers. “We didn’t have visions of this at the start of the season,” Mets general manager Billy Eppler said. Robertson warmed up in the eighth inning of a tie game before a 97-minute rain delay gave Eppler and Marlins general manager Kim Ng time to complete the trade. “But the rain delay provided an opportunity for us to kind of get a final offer from Miami.” Miami sent a pair of players from its rookie-level Florida Complex League affiliate, Marco Vargas and catcher Ronald Hernandez, to the Mets in exchange for Robertson, who signed a one-year deal in December with the expectations he’d help serve as a late-inning bridge to closer Edwin Diaz.

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