The Mets have launched outfielder Trayce Thompson, based on his transaction go browsing MLB.com. He signed a minor league contract with the membership this previous offseason.
A second-round decide within the 2009 draft, Thompson made his MLB debut with the White Sox in 2015. He has since hung out with the Dodgers, Yankees, Athletics, Guardians, Diamondbacks, Cubs, Padres, Tigers, and Mets organizations, together with two separate stints with the Dodgers and three with the White Sox.
Thompson, now 33, had the very best yr of his profession with the Dodgers in 2022. He joined the group in mid-June (after brief stints with the Padres and Tigers) and caught on the lively roster for the remainder of the season. Over 74 video games with L.A. that yr, he slashed .268/.364/.537 with 14 doubles and 13 dwelling runs. He additionally performed properly within the subject, placing up an ideal 1.000 fielding proportion and 4 Outs Above Common (OAA) in 496 2/3 defensive innings. After his spectacular efficiency, Thompson made the Dodgers’ Opening Day roster in 2023 however struggled to copy his success from the yr prior. He spent nearly all of June and July on the IL with a strained indirect, and the Dodgers traded him again to the White Sox on the deadline as a part of a bundle for Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly. Thompson struggled much more over the remainder of the yr in Chicago, and the White Sox outrighted him after the season. He elected free company shortly afterward.
The Mets got here calling this previous winter, and Thompson agreed to a minor league cope with his tenth group in December. Though he obtained an invite to spring coaching and produced an .891 OPS in 12 Grapefruit League video games, he did not earn a spot on New York’s Opening Day roster. He hit moderately properly in 62 video games for the Triple-A Syracuse Mets, hitting 16 dwelling runs and posting an .800 OPS in 253 plate appearances. Nevertheless, the Worldwide League has a excessive normal for offense, as evidenced by the truth that Thompson’s .800 OPS interprets to a below-average 95 wRC+. The Mets not too long ago wanted to advertise an outfielder when Starling Marte went on the IL, however it was Ben Gamel – one other veteran who signed a minor league cope with the membership this offseason – who bought the decision.
Thompson is now eligible to hunt his subsequent alternative and maybe be part of his eleventh MLB group.
