Report: The Mets to acquire Jesse Winkler

 

According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, the New York Mets are acquiring Washington Nationals Outfielder Jesse Winkler pending a physical.  No word yet on who is going back to Washington in the deal.

The 30 Year Old Winkler has been a Met antagonist over the passed few years with a knack of getting big hit against them.  

Jess Winkler's Stats:

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2017	23	CIN	NL	47	137	121	21	36	7	0	7	15	1	1	15	24	.298	.375	.529	.904	132	64	2	0	1	0	0	9H/D7
2018	24	CIN	NL	89	334	281	38	84	16	0	7	43	0	0	49	46	.299	.405	.431	.836	125	121	6	2	1	1	4	97H/D
2019	25	CIN	NL	113	384	338	51	91	17	2	16	38	0	2	38	60	.269	.357	.473	.830	109	160	10	8	0	0	2	7H89/D
2020	26	CIN	NL	54	183	149	27	38	7	0	12	23	1	0	28	46	.255	.388	.544	.932	139	81	3	5	0	1	0	D7/H9
2021	27	CIN	NL	110	485	423	77	129	32	1	24	71	1	0	53	75	.305	.394	.556	.949	143	235	14	9	0	0	1	7/DH98	AS
2022	28	SEA	AL	136	547	456	51	100	15	0	14	53	0	0	84	103	.219	.344	.344	.688	103	157	8	4	0	3	1	*7D/H
2023	29	MIL	NL	61	197	166	16	33	5	0	1	23	0	0	26	51	.199	.320	.247	.567	58	41	0	4	0	1	0	DH/97
2024	30	WSN	NL	100	376	312	51	79	18	0	11	44	14	4	53	84	.253	.372	.417	.788	128	130	9	7	2	2	2	7D/H9
8 Yrs				710	2643	2246	332	590	117	3	92	310	17	7	346	489	.263	.369	.440	.810	119	989	52	39	4	8	10
162 Game Avg.				162	603	512	76	135	27	1	21	71	4	2	79	112	.263	.369	.440	.810	119	226	12	9	1	2	2
CIN (5 yrs)				413	1523	1312	214	378	79	3	66	190	3	3	183	251	.288	.385	.504	.888	129	661	35	24	2	2	7
WSN (1 yr)				100	376	312	51	79	18	0	11	44	14	4	53	84	.253	.372	.417	.788	128	130	9	7	2	2	2
SEA (1 yr)				136	547	456	51	100	15	0	14	53	0	0	84	103	.219	.344	.344	.688	103	157	8	4	0	3	1
MIL (1 yr)				61	197	166	16	33	5	0	1	23	0	0	26	51	.199	.320	.247	.567	58	41	0	4	0	1	0
NL (7 yrs)				574	2096	1790	281	490	102	3	78	257	17	7	262	386	.274	.376	.465	.841	123	832	44	35	4	5	9
AL (1 yr)				136	547	456	51	100	15	0	14	53	0	0	84	103	.219	.344	.344	.688	103	157	8	4	0	3	1

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/28/2024.

BREAKING: The New York Mets are acquiring outfielder Jesse Winker in a trade with the Washington Nationals, sources tell ESPN.

After signing for $2M this winter, Winker has been excellent, hitting .253/.372/.417 while playing a solid left field.

The biggest Mets addition yet.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 28, 2024

The Mets are acquiring OF Jesse Winker from the Nationals per @JeffPassan

He had some fun run-ins with fans at Citi Field at times!

He adds a left handed bat to the outfield that the Mets neededpic.twitter.com/lCH3vhtbLq

— Joe DeMayo (@PSLToFlushing) July 28, 2024

"I love them. They are an amazing group of people .They are very passionate about their team and their city... this thing we've got going on is special."

- Jesse Winker on Mets fans, after last night's game pic.twitter.com/w4hWje945F

— SNY (@SNYtv) May 15, 2022