Mets Acquire LHP Joey Lucchesi from San Diego Padres

Mets LHP Joey Lucchesi (Credits to MetsMerziedOnline.com) The New York Mets acquired LHP Joey Lucchesi from the San Diego Padres today for #14 ranked prospect Endy Rodriguez in a three-team trade that also sent RHP Joe Musgrove to the Padres. Rodriguez is a 20 year prospect from the Dominican Republic who playeed catcher and ceter field in Rookie Ball. Lucchesi struggled in 2020 after he went back and the forth with the Padres alternative training site and main ballclub and pitched in only three games (two starts) with a 7.94 ERA. He pitched better in 2018 and 2019 with eight wins and a 4.08 ERA in 2018 and 10 wins in 2019 with an ERA of 4.18. Lucchesi has shown he can be a durable starter after he made 26 starts in 2018 and 30 starts in 2019. He helps add more depth to the starting rotation and can serve as a fifth starter which could allow LHP Steven Matz and RHP Seth Lugo to move to the bullpen and give manager Luis Rojas more options to use late in games.