You can focus on the negatives after being traded to a new team — finding a new place to stay, leaving teammates and friends, having to start anew — but one player hopes to focus on the positives. “It means I’m wanted somewhere. At least one team sees potential in me.” Those were the comments heard after the New York Mets came to an agreement to deal 22-year-old minor league RHP Josh Gibson and 24-year-old minor league 3B Rodolfo Bojorquez to the Seattle Mariners for 28-year-old RHP Logan Gilbert, 30-year-old RHP Trey Cobb and $350,000 in cash earlier today. The deal is expected to be formally announced later this evening.
Seattle will retain a portion of Gilbert’s remaining contract.
Checking out his stats for the season, Gilbert has notched 3 wins and 8 losses in 15 starts, 7.66 ERA and struck out 72 batters in 91.2 innings.