I HATE BASEBALL -- JERRY DIPOTO IS AN IDIOT -- THE INSANITY CONTINUES

I'd be pretty shocked if they included a player beyond Edwin Diaz.  When it was first reported a few days ago as just the Mets wanting to trade Bruce for Cano so long as the Ms ate a big chunk of the delta in their contract values, I scratched my head.  When it later was reported that, in addition to those two being involved, the Mets would get either Mitch Haniger OR Edwin Diaz and they'd include a prospect of theirs (of which they don't have many), it made a lot more sense.  

Yeah, the Ms are giving up a lot but really, in the abstract, they're trading Diaz away to get out of the last 3 years of Cano's deal (with Jay Bruce eating up the next 2 years).  If they include another player in addition to that without getting another piece in return, than that's a pretty steep price. 

As a Met fan though, I love this deal! And yeah, I know Cano and his PEDs and all that, but the truth is that you wake him on christmas morning, he's gonna hit .295 and get on base at a .350 clip.  I'll take that any day of the week and they can shift Jeff McNeil back to 3rd....and then just shoot Todd Frazier.  If they land Edwin Diaz, it's a really good deal.  Don't see anything about Haniger being included, it would be one or the other.