Last one out turn out the lights

The Mets' housecleaning continued on Tuesday as useless infielder Rey Sanchez was sent to the Mariners in exchange for 24 year old outfielder Kenny Kelly. That's right, the Mets actually traded for something other than a minor league reliever. Of course, Kelly has a history of not really hitting minor league pitching particularly well, so his potential major league value is questionable at best. Apparently he's quite an athlete, but hasn't quite figured out the part about swinging at the ones he's capable of hitting. He's had a lot of strikeouts each of the past four years and not much in the way of walks. And he hasn't compensated for this by hitting for serious power or average. His thirteen home runs this year are the most he's had, and his .434 slugging percentage is a career high as well. He's also got fifteen doubles and five triples in 341 at bats. His batting average is just .246 despite this being his second full year at AAA Tacoma, and the OBP is a paltry .313. I would say that Jim Duquette should consider himself lucky to get anything for Sanchez, but I'm not sure he actually did get anything.  ¶ joe | 12:35 AM |