Satish — Ideally this would be great. I wonder if the Mets would take a look at Corey Hart on a short-term, incentive based deal this offseason. He hasn´t played this year due to injury, but he´s a monster power threat. If the Mets are ready to move on from Davis and Duda, he might be an option.

Good thinking here, Dave. Corey Hart would fit nicely into our line-up as a right-handed power threat and could play not only first base, but the corner outfield spots. However, I think his history of consistent play beforehand may put him in a place to command more money than we’d be willing to give him. In addition to that, the Mets seem to be grooming Wilmer Flores to play first base, and if so, he could fit in nicely as a right-handed power threat. I’m pretty high on Flores, who has basically shown improvement offensively and defensively in each of the last few years, so I’d actually be comfortable with that. I still haven’t given up on Ike Davis yet, by the way, although my hope for him has severely diminished.

Don’t be afraid to throw Allan Dykstra‘s name into the conversation at first base as well…

BadBadLeroyBrown commented…

Hey Satish,

Interesting question or scenario…It was said by Sandy that he attempted to trade RA Dickey to the Rangers for a package[after investigating rumors] that presumably included Mike Olt and Martin Perez or Justin Grimm and he was rejected… But after acquiring d’Arnaud for Dickey Rangers were offering the same package(Olt & Perez or Grimm) straight up for d’Arnaud.

Joe D. mentions it here as well:
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/01/strange-tales-so-these-three-gms-walk-into-a-bar.html

And what brings more credence to this rumor Bluejays and the Rangers were really the only 2 teams at the forefront that were seriously after Dickey. Not to mention the fact that the Rangers GM Jon Daniels was already reported to be hot for d’Arnaud that offseason before the RA Dickey trade went down.

As you can read here:
http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121022&content_id=39979638&vkey=news_tex&c_id=tex
And here:
http://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2012/10/9/3478952/travis-darnaud-toronto-blue-jays-the-rangers-scouts-love-this-top

So there was a connection between these 3 teams and said players….

So it leads me to this….My whole point for this post….

Would you consider calling up the Rangers and starting talks to swap players????

Travis d’Arnaud for Jurickson Profar!!!!

Obviously my opinion is YES!!! Profar the younger player higher upside both play premium positions with offense to go with it…

At the very least it is worth investigating on Aldersons part…And it makes sense for both teams.

Sign me up if the Rangers were interested — but I doubt they are. Trading TDA would be putting faith in Kevin Plawecki as the catcher of the future, which most people have mixed feelings about, including me. Do not get me wrong here, I think Plawecki is a very talented young catcher who could turn into a good major league catcher, but there’s a lot that needs to fall into place for that to happen.

In addition, Here’s the issue with trading d’Arnaud at this point — his trade value is as low as it can get. His highest value is likely with us and that means we’re going to have to ride or die with the young man. This is not as bad as it seems at all, because d’Arnaud still embodies the potential to become a future all-star and provide above-average offense as a premium position. However, it is extremely unlikely the Rangers would jump on that offer, perhaps even more-so after emptying some of their farm for Matt Garza.