Cano and Diaz to the Mets official

The Mets and Mariners have officially completed their trade of Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz for Jay Bruce, Anthony Swarzak, Gerson Bautista, Jarred Kelenic and Justin Dunn along with $20 million in cash.

Seattle is taking all of Bruce’s and all of Swarzak’s money, so the Mets are getting about $57 million worth of money total. Leaving them on the hook for 62 mil for 5 years of Cano.

My take: A lot of people are going to complain that Cano is 36 but the guy still rakes. Hit over .300 when he came back from suspension last year. Edwin Diaz is a light out closer with 15.3 k/9 average and under team friendly control for 3+ years. Everyone is hyping up Kelenic but let’s remember he’s only 19 years old and the Mets aren’t a team that have produced great position players over the last 30 years. He could be another Fernando Martinez/Alex Escobar/Lastings Milledge.

This trade proves that the Mets are trying to win in the next 2/3 years while they have their pitchers under team control and it’s about time the Mets are on the back page. All I know is with Brodie Van Wagenen’s outside the box thinking and his aggressiveness what will he have in store next for the Amazin’s??