Is Buster Olney … Tripping? We’ll Soon Find Out

I’m getting in my fallout shelter and dipping into my Tang reserve after seeing this tweet from Buster Olney today:

Rival evaluators say they believe the Mets are fully intent on dealing Noah Syndergaard before the trade deadline. "It's beyond listening," said one. "They want to move him."

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 25, 2019

Uh oh.

That sure as hell doesn’t sound like “we want a few arms and a leg for him”, which would be typical Mets to trade for a player with three arms and one leg.

Impression is that trading for Noah Syndergaard would require a top 30 prospect and a couple of other solid pieces, one rival exec said earlier today.

— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) July 25, 2019

This is starting to reek of trying to make up for one mistake (Diaz/Cano) by making another one. Syndergaard is just about to turn 27 and probably hasn’t even scratched the surface of what he can do. I’m not sure what allergy the Mets have to having players in their prime but trading him … the original lottery ticket that you cashed in on from the Dickey trade … for another lottery ticket is completely insane. Especially when you consider this: Do you trust Brodie Von Monorail to accurately scout other team’s prospects in a deal when he couldn’t be bothered to scout Jeff McNeil?

Noah Syndergaard has had one bad month! ONE!!!

If he goes, then short of McNeil and Pete Alonso, I want them all gone. Do this right or don’t do it at all. (P.S. I’m voting for not at all.)