Keith Law on the Mets-Pirates trade

ESPN's Keith Law wrote a nice recap of the trade today that sent Marlon Byrd and John Buck to the Pittsburgh Pirates. ESPN Insiders can read the whole post here. As long and dedicated a baseball fan as I've been, it's passages like this one that remind me that I still have a lot to learn about a game I've watched religiously for nearly 35 of my 40 years of existence:

"For about five weeks of Byrd and Buck, the Mets get a very solid second-base prospect in Herrera. Playing full-time at age 19 in the low Class A Sally League, Herrera has shown somewhat surprising pop, with a .156 isolated power and 41 extra-base hits in 109 games. He's got a simple, quiet approach, just loading his hands a little higher than he should, with adequate hip rotation for 15-20 homer power at his peak."

Law also mentions the Mets are supposed to get another "solid" piece as the player to be named later. Players to be named later are generally 40-man roster members that have not cleared waivers so they don't get named until after the post-season is over. So we can eliminate any thoughts of the other throw-in piece being Gift Ngoepe and his .177 Double-A batting average and fascinating backstory.

Chris Walendin of tpgmets tweeted the names of the Pirates 40-man roster members that are not on the active roster:

Pirates on 40-man roster, not on active roster or DL: Vic Black, Brandon Cumpton, Kris Johnson, Kyle McPherson, Andy Oliver, ... (1 of 2)
— Chris (@tpgMets) August 27, 2013

... Stolmy Pimentel, Ryan Reid, Duke Welker, Russ Canzler, Chase d'Arnaud, Alex Presley, Jerry Sands. (2 of 2)
— Chris (@tpgMets) August 27, 2013

It'll be interesting to see who the Mets get. I'm not sure if he'd be a "solid" piece but reuniting the d'Arnaud brothers in New York might be interesting to see.