{"id":862253,"date":"2018-11-30T11:19:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T16:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=862253"},"modified":"2018-11-30T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T16:19:15","slug":"report-new-york-mets-seattle-mariners-still-working-on-details-of-mega-trade-m1d1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/report-new-york-mets-seattle-mariners-still-working-on-details-of-mega-trade-m1d1\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: New York Mets, Seattle Mariners Still Working On Details of Mega Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"
The mega deal that could see Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz heading to Flushing next year appears to be nearing the end. The New York Mets and Seattle Mariners have apparently settled on the framework of the deal in terms of players, with Cano and Diaz headed east in exchange for Jay Bruce, Anthony Swarzak, Gerson Bautista, Justin Dunn, and Jarred Kelenic. The deal isn’t expected to be officially completed today as SNY’s baseball insider Andy Martino has provided some interesting updates.<\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=”9ec4d898cf12aa76dc5b90d1db671a6f-142507471-123575294″ info=”twsrc%5Etfw” class=”twitter-tweet”]\n[protected-iframe id=”6f316782bc3f2600dc0916bfbfd3dce9-142507471-123575294″ info=”twsrc%5Etfw” class=”twitter-tweet”]\n[protected-iframe id=”7b062983959c8fb82d36d95280add6a9-142507471-123575294″ info=”twsrc%5Etfw” class=”twitter-tweet”]\n
The money issue appears to be the final hurdle before this deal is completed. Everyone knows that the Mets expect to be paid down for taking on Cano’s contract, but that could be complicated by the fact the Mets are sending two bad deals of their own back to Seattle. Bruce is scheduled to earn $28 million dollars over the next two years while Swarzak is going to make $8.5 million in 2019, so it’s unclear how that factors into the $60 million total Martino is reporting. If the Mariners were giving the Mets $60 million of Cano’s deal and assuming both contracts in full, they would be paying the Mets $96.5 million and giving them Diaz for Kelenic and Dunn. That is a very expensive prospect buy, so it is fair to assume that the Mariners are likely assuming some of those Bruce\/Swarzak contracts (say $20 million) while kicking in $40 million towards Cano’s contract.<\/p>\n