{"id":602035,"date":"2026-04-13T21:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/602035\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:32:08","slug":"mets-select-tommy-pham-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/602035\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Select Tommy Pham – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 13th: The Mets officially selected Pham\u2019s contract today with infielder Ronny Mauricio<\/a> optioned to Triple-A Syracuse as the corresponding move. Joel Sherman of The New York Post<\/a> reported earlier that Mauricio would be the corresponding move.<\/p>\n

April 12th: The Mets are planning to select the contract of veteran outfielder Tommy Pham<\/a>, according to a report from Will Sammon of The Athletic<\/a>. The veteran outfielder is on a minor league deal with the club, so he\u2019ll need to be added to the 40-man roster before he officially joins the club. That shouldn\u2019t be a major obstacle, as the Mets\u2019 40-man currently stands at 37 players and will move up to 38 upon the addition of Pham. That means only an active roster move will be necessary to make Pham\u2019s addition to the roster official, which could happen as soon as tomorrow given that Sammon writes Pham is expected to meet the team in L.A. for their series against the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old veteran signed a non-roster pact with the Mets on Opening Day. He\u2019s gotten into just four games at the Single-A level since then, but a combination of need at the big league level and Pham\u2019s status as a veteran hitter appear to have combined to give the Mets confidence in bringing him to the majors with only minimal time to get game-ready. He\u2019ll be joining a beleaguered outfield group that recently lost Juan Soto<\/a> to the injured list due to a calf strain that figures to leave him sidelined for at least another week or two. With Soto out of commission, the Mets have been relying on rookie Carson Benge<\/a>, infielder Brett Baty<\/a>, and bench bats like Tyrone Taylor<\/a> and Jared Young<\/a> in the outfield corners.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a group that hasn\u2019t inspired confidence so far. Young has hit well so far in a 23 plate appearance sample, but he\u2019s got just 56 MLB games under his belt since making his debut with the Cubs back in 2022. Taylor\u2019s .211\/.250\/.421 (91 wRC+) slash line this year isn\u2019t exactly encouraging, and he was last an above-average MLB hitter by wRC+ in 2022 as a member of the Brewers. Benge has been heralded as the future of the franchise in the outfield and is a consensus top-20 prospect in the sport, but he\u2019s hitting a paltry .130\/.231\/.196 (33 wRC+) in 14 games to kick of his MLB career. Baty showed signs of life last year after struggling to hit in the majors for the first few years of his career but currently sports a 60 wRC+ and a 29.4% strikeout rate while playing a mostly unfamiliar position.<\/p>\n

All in all, that\u2019s an outfield mix that could clearly use some veteran stability. That\u2019s surely not an insignificant part of why the Mets were generally expected to carry veteran outfielder Mike Tauchman<\/a> on their Opening Day roster following several successful years in Chicago and a torrid Spring Training, but Tauchman unfortunately underwent meniscus surgery<\/a> just before Opening Day that will leave him sidelined into May. With Tauchman unable to play, the Mets will instead turn to a player who lacks his recent success but makes up for it with an impressive overall resume. Pham is now set to gear up for his 13th MLB campaign and has appeared in at least 116 games in each of the league\u2019s past eight 162-game seasons. In that time, he\u2019s suited up for ten different clubs and sports a career 111 wRC+ in more than 1200 MLB games.<\/p>\n

Despite that history, it\u2019s been a while now since Pham was a consistently above-average MLB player. Since the start of the 2020 season, Pham has slashed .241\/.323\/384 with a wRC+ of just 96, indicating he\u2019s been 4% worse than the league average MLB hitter in that time. With that said, he\u2019s just a few years removed from an extremely successful stint with the Mets. After signing on with the club for the 2023 season, Pham slashed .268\/.348\/.472 (124 wRC+) in 79 games for the Mets before being dealt to the eventual NL-champion Diamondbacks at that year\u2019s trade deadline. If Pham can rediscover any of the magic from the last time he suited up for Queens, that would be a huge win for the Mets. Even the roughly league average consistency Pham has become known for in recent years would be a boost for the club, however, and he should get plenty of opportunities now that he\u2019s being recalled to the majors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 13th: The Mets officially selected Pham\u2019s contract today with infielder Ronny Mauricio optioned to Triple-A Syracuse as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82,28429],"class_list":["post-602035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-tommy-pham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}