The New York Mets sit with a 50-38 record, and all eyes are on the team making the postseason for a second straight season.
New York is dealing with a few injuries at the starting pitching position, with Griffin Canning missing the rest of the season due to an Achilles injury and Paul Blackburn being placed on the 15-day injured list with a shoulder injury.
If the Mets want to make a run in playoffs this year, the team is going to have to upgrade the starting pitching at this month’s trade deadline.
One name that has been floated as a trade target is Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Andrew Heaney, and Christopher Hennessy from ClutchPoints thinks the Mets should make a move for him.
“Heaney has been on six different MLB teams across his 12-year career. The lefty has been solid throughout most of his stops, with a post-deadline Yankees stint as the lone exception. This year, he has made 17 starts with a 4.16 ERA. But two poor starts have inflated that number in recent weeks. In his first 14 starts, he had a 3.33 ERA. He gave up seven earned runs in consecutive starts in June before getting back on track against the Cardinals,” Hennessy wrote. “Heaney is left-handed, which the Mets do not have a lot of in their rotation. David Peterson has been one of their lone excellent starters, and Manaea has not pitched all year. Heaney can add a third strong lefty to their postseason roster, which will be important with some of the deep lineups in the National League. Heaney has done well against some solid playoff teams this year. He threw seven innings of one-run ball against the Yankees, gave up just two runs against the Padres, and threw six one-run innings against the Phillies. That should be promising for the Mets, who do not have a lot of playoff experience in their rotation.”
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Heaney, a 2023 World Series winner with the Texas Rangers, could come to New York and help them finally win their first World Series since 1986.
Heaney is in the final year of his $5 million contract, so he will most likely be a rental. However, the Mets can’t afford to let him get traded to another team this summer.
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