December 22, 2025 · Cash considerations

Jeff McNeil and 1 others: New York MetsAthletics

Cash considerations is the whole of what changed hands besides Jeff McNeil.

New York Mets
franchise trade score · provisional
71better
Franchise trade score71
Rest of season50WAR in0.0WAR out0.0Net0.0Net surplus$0.0M
Short term72WAR in0.0WAR out+0.4Net-0.4Net surplus$11.9M
Control window71WAR in0.0WAR out+0.4Net-0.4Net surplus$11.9M
Full tenure70WAR in0.0WAR out+0.4Net-0.4Net surplus$11.9M
Athletics
franchise trade score · provisional
29worse
Franchise trade score29
Rest of season50WAR in0.0WAR out0.0Net0.0Net surplus$0.0M
Short term28WAR in+0.4WAR out0.0Net+0.4Net surplus−$11.9M
Control window29WAR in+0.4WAR out0.0Net+0.4Net surplus−$11.9M
Full tenure30WAR in+0.4WAR out0.0Net+0.4Net surplus−$11.9M

New York Mets received

Yordan RodriguezprospectWAR (control)

Not rated.

Athletics received

CashWAR (control)

Not rated — cash.

Jeff McNeil2B · 33 · signed (FA) · 2 yrs control+0.4WAR (control) · 1 yr44
Rest of season47WAR0.0wRC+PA0Surplus$0.0M
Short term45WAR+0.4wRC+85PA464Surplus−$11.9M
Control window44WAR+0.4wRC+85PA464Surplus−$11.9M
Full tenure43WAR+0.4wRC+85PA464Surplus−$11.9M

On the day: +8.4 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ 96, salary $15.8M, signed through 2027.

ReceivedStatusSalary that yearPaidWAR$/WARSurplus
Jeff McNeilsigned (FA) thru 2027$15.8M$15.8M+0.4−$11.9M
Total over the control window$15.8M+0.4−$11.9M

What this became

Nobody acquired here was traded on.

Also that day

Willson Contreras, BOS ⇄ STL, 2025Boston Red Sox ⇄ St. Louis Cardinals

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