Mets and Blue Jays get encouraging update on trade deadline addition no one is talking about

It's not crazy to say that the Toronto Blue Jays are going to add at the trade deadline, though there's still an argument that they've been one of the more disappointing teams in baseball. 

I hate to say the Blue Jays have been disappointing because of how injured they've been, but Toronto made it to a World Series, and I know fans were expecting a lot more. 

When it comes to the New York Mets, however, we know exactly how disappointing that team has been at 34-41. I can't imagine a scenario in which they want to add players, but if certain guys have control, the Mets might decide to get in the mix.

According to the latest from ESPN's Jeff Passan, that's why we might see the Mets and Blue Jays go after Reid Detmers, causing a bit of a battle between the two teams who were expected to be the best in baseball this year.

“Detmers has the fourth most strikeouts in the big leagues behind Misiorowski, Cristopher Sanchez and Dylan Cease, isn't walking hitters or giving up home runs, and is a metric darling on top of that. 

“Complement all that with an additional two years of club control on top of the season and his value has skyrocketed this year, giving the Angels a genuine opportunity to start a long-needed rebuild the proper way. Of course, it's the Angels, so executives are skeptical that it will happen -- and the same can be said for the next player on the list, as well,” Jeff Passan wrote.

Detmers has been absolutely lights out for some of this campaign, and his strikeout numbers continue to impress. 

He's struck out 100 hitters in 88.0 innings, doing so after striking out 168 in 148.2 innings in 2023. 

He's also posting the lowest ERA of his career at 3.68, and has a FIP of just 2.81.

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