The Mets and Rays announced a one-for-one trade sending outfielder Jose Siri to New York for reliever Eric Orze. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com first reported the terms of the trade.
Both players were on their teams’ 40-man roster, so the trade doesn’t have any impact on Tuesday night’s Rule 5 protection deadline. Siri, 29, spent two-and-a-half seasons in Tampa Bay. The Rays acquired him from the Astros in a three-team trade at the 2022 deadline.
Siri has been Kevin Cash’s primary center fielder going back to the start of the ’23 season. He connected on 25 home runs in only 364 plate appearances that year. While the power was enough to make Siri a productive player, he hit .
222 with a .267 on-base percentage. Those already poor marks fell even further in 2024.
Siri hit .187/.255/.
366 in a career-high 448 plate appearances. He popped another 18 homers but ranked last in OBP among the 207 hitters with at least 400 trips to the plate. Only Mitch Garver had a lower batting average.
Since the start of the ’23 season, Siri owns a .203/.260/.
424 batting line. An extreme free swinger, Siri has issues making contact against pitches both within and outside the zone. He went down on strikes at a massive 37.
9% rate this year and has fanned in nearly 36% of his career plate appearances. Siri strikes out far too often to be a consistently effective hitter, but he has 20-plus-homer potential at the bottom of a lineup. More importantly, Siri has elite athleticism that makes him one of.
