The New York Mets swung a trade with the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, acquiring two prospects for veteran infielder Eduardo Escobar.
The team announced the deal on social media.
We’ve acquired minor league RHPs Coleman Crow and Landon Marceaux from the Angels in exchange for INF Eduardo Escobar and cash considerations.
The 34-year-old Escobar is in his 13th year in the big leagues with the White Sox, Twins, Diamondbacks, Brewers and Mets. He made the All-Star Game in 2021 and is a lifetime .254 hitter.
This season, he's hitting .236 with four home runs and 16 RBIs.
Crow was the Angels 19th-ranked prospect and Marceaux was the 20th-ranked prospect in the organization.
The following on Crow comes from his MLB.com prospect profile:
He didn’t make his pro debut until 2021 because of the pandemic and pitched capably enough in Single-A, but opened a lot of eyes as the youngest pitcher in the Arizona Fall League by posting a 1.59 ERA. Pushed to Double-A in 2022, he started the season well, but faded down the stretch.
While none of Crow’s pitches jump off the page, the undersized right-hander does have four different ones with a very good sense of how to use them. His fastball averaged only around 90 mph in 2022, touching 94, but it plays up and gets a lot of ground-ball outs because of its sink.
As for Marceaux:
Marceaux jumped on the national stage as a Louisiana prepster who pitched for Team USA’s 18U squad in 2017, then stayed home to play for Louisiana State. He spent three years in the Tigers rotation and saved the best for last, topping 100 innings and finishing with a 2.54 ERA to help him land in the third round of the Angels’ all-pitching Draft in 2021. He hurled his way from High-A to Double-A in his first full season, though he was only able to make two starts for Rocket City because of back issues.
Marceaux uses a combination of feel for pitching and a huge competitive streak to succeed. His fastball plays up a bit because it has good run and he can command it to both sides of the plate even though it averages around 91-92 mph. He has two distinct breaking pitches, manipulating the shape of his slider and curve and keeping hitters off balance with both. His low-80s changeup has very good fade and is often his best secondary pitch.
The Mets enter play on Friday at 34-40 while the Angels are 41-35.
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