PHILADELPHIA — The Mets traded Eduardo Escobar and cash to the Angels on Friday night in exchange for a pair of minor league pitchers.
It brings an end to Escobar’s disappointing tenure with the Mets after he signed a two-year, $20 million deal prior to the 2022 season.
He also has a $9 million team option that includes a $500,000.
The Mets are reportedly paying all but the prorated minimum of the remainder of Escobar’s deal in order to get the prospects they want.
Escobar hit 20 home runs and had an OPS of .726 last season, but his production dipped to start this season, and he lost his starting job at third base to Brett Baty in April.
After being reduced to mostly starting against lefties, Escobar will head to Los Angeles, while the Mets pick up Coleman Crow and Landon Marceaux, who were both at Double-A.
Mets star Francisco Lindor was mic’d up during Friday’s game against the Phillies — when the trade was announced — and was asked about Escobar.
“He’s one of the best teammates I’ve ever had,” Lindor answered on the Apple TV broadcast. “We’re going to miss him a lot.”
Crow, 22, was ranked as the Angels’ 17th-best prospect, according to Baseball America.
On the 7-day injured list with an undisclosed injury, Crow — a 28th-round draft pick out of high school in 2019 — had a 1.88 ERA in four starts with Double-A Rocket City.
The 23-year-old Marceaux had a 4.88 ERA in a dozen starts with Rocket City.
He was the 20th-ranked prospect in the Angels’ system.
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