well welcome back to the prospect Hut now the Mets made an interesting move today uh for an outfielder but before we get into that video you needs to hit that subscribe button so you know what's going on as you know the Mets won 11 to1 on Friday against the Chicago CU but they made a move claiming an outfielder from the white socks this is from MLB trade rors headline Mets claim Duke Ellis from White Socks well who's Duke out well it's funny you should ask let's get into it CLA down for the Duell off waivers from the white sock and option him to double benington with Tim he news a among those to relay the news on X the socks designated him for assignment earlier this week Mets have had a 40-man vacancy since catcher Tomaso was designated for assignment last week and will need to make corresponding move Ellis who's 26 was just selected the White House roster earli this month largely on account of his speed besides an undrafted free agent in 2020 has stolen 117 bases in the minor leagues while getting qu just 16 times Well if the big league club the socks put him into eight games but most is a pinch run as he only stepped to the plate four times though it store four backs four bags and four attempts his work at the play has been less impressive as he's hit 241 throughout his minor league career for a WRC plus of 88 his 10% walk rate is solid but he has also been punched at at a 25 .7% rate he has just 13 homes and 961 played appearances for the Mets so when met our team comes in it's an understandable claim that an open roster spot to use and El clearly has gamechanging base running abilities since he has a Full Slate of options they can give him regular plate appearance in the mins but could perhaps consider bringing him up at some point as a pinch running specialist rosters expanded in September and clubs often use the extra space for a player like this to improve the chance of scoring in a tight game particularly in this age with the Free Runner and extra Rings now this is a move that the Mets made in case they feel that they are close to getting into postseason this is the kind of move you make the Mets this a couple years ago with another outfielder but this is the kind of move the Mets made uh to see if they can you know squeeze a run here run there at some point in September in particular so you know catches are under inundated with stone bases the stolen bases coming back so a player like this is of great use to teams you really is well thank you for watching this video please let me know what you think about that in the comments section and I'll see you later