{"id":109391,"date":"2026-01-23T03:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/109391\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T03:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:49:15","slug":"mets-acquire-vidal-brujan-as-depth-piece-in-trade-with-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/109391\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets acquire Vidal Brujan as depth piece in trade with Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After trading <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/20\/sports\/mets-acquire-outfielder-luis-robert-jr-in-trade-with-white-sox\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luisangel Acu\u00f1a as part of a package for Luis Robert Jr.<\/a>, the Mets acquired utility infielder Vidal Brujan from the Twins on Thursday in exchange for cash for infield depth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Brujan played for three teams in 2025, combining for a .616 OPS in 60 games split among the Cubs, Orioles and Braves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To open up a spot on the 40-man roster for Brujan, left-hander Richard Lovelady was designated for assignment.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38261254\" width=\"734\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2243295803.jpg\" alt=\"Vidal Bruj\u00e1n #17 of the Atlanta Braves at bat against the Washington Nationals during the sixth inning in game one of a split doubleheader at Nationals Park on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. \" class=\"wp-image-38261254\" style=\"width:734px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\"  \/>Vidal Bruj\u00e1n taking a swing against the Nationals during the sixth inning in Game 1 of a split doubleheader at Nationals Park on Sept. 16, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Brujan was selected off waivers by the Twins from Atlanta a week ago and must be sent through waivers in order to be sent back to the minors.<\/p>\n<p>He has played in parts of five major league seasons and appeared in 102 games with the Marlins in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After trading Luisangel Acu\u00f1a as part of a package for Luis Robert Jr., the Mets acquired utility infielder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16861,20,21528,9,11,320,10,319],"class_list":["post-109391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-hot-stove","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}