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Atlanta Braves: Is there an ace in cards?

By Matthew Browning

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 26: Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets heads back to the dugout after he struck out Ozzie Albies #1 of the Atlanta Braves in the eighth inning on September 26,2018 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 26: Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets heads back to the dugout after he struck out Ozzie Albies #1 of the Atlanta Braves in the eighth inning on September 26,2018 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 26: Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets celebrates the final out of the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves on September 26,2018 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-0. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 26: Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets celebrates the final out of the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves on September 26,2018 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-0. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

The deGrominator

The Mets appeared to have at least entertained the thought of trading the soon-to-be Cy Young winner, Jacob deGrom, at the trading deadline.

Logic would say they would do the same this winter.

deGrom is headed towards his second year of arbitration and mlbtraderumors.com projects his salary to be close to 13 million.

That salary is cheap for an ace (though not necessarily so to the Wilpons) and with deGrom not scheduled to be a free agent until 2021, the asking price will be astronomically high.

This will be the case not only because of his (probably) award winning season, but also because of the inner-division dynamic… never mind the fact that the Mets Front Office is undergoing its own rebuild.

This is completely spit balling, but a package built around three elite prospects, plus two or three more seems logical.

So, if you were Alex Anthopolous, would offer, say Toussaint, Kyle Wright, Austin Riley and two others for deGrom?

Who knows if that’s what an acceptable offer would look like, but it has to be close.

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