Mets general manager Billy Eppler said his team is not entering a rebuild or a fire sale despite trading two of its best players.
Max Scherzer officially became an ex-Met on Sunday when the Mets and Texas Rangers announced the deal that sent the right-hander to Texas in exchange for prospect Luisangel Acuna, and there are likely more moves to come for a disappointing Mets team before Tuesday’s trade deadline.
Now that the 2023 team’s fate seems to have been sealed, general manager Billy Eppler said Sunday that the trades of Scherzer and ex-closer David Robertson do not represent the beginning of a “fire sale.”
“It was a strategic decision,’’ Eppler said at Citi Field of trading Scherzer and Robertson. “We took this opportunity to serve another goal of the organization, which is to enhance the farm system. But I do want to be clear, it’s not a rebuild, it’s not a fire sale, it’s not a liquidation. This is just a repurposing of Steve’s investment in the club and kind of shifting that investment from the team into the organization.”
But the GM acknowledged they likely won’t be as active in the free agent market this offseason as they were this past one.
