You will never convince me trading RHP TJ Shook to the Mets for 30-year-old journeyman LHP Tyler Jay wasn't a mistake. Didn't make sense at the time. Doesn't make sense today.
Since joining Double-A Binghamton, Shook has been fantastic:
13 1/3 IP, 7 H, 2 HB, 3 BB, 17 K, 2 ER, 2 W, 0 L, 4 SVO, 4 SV
In August, in six appearances spanning 10.0 IP, 'The Shookster' has allowed a fantastic 0.171 BAA with a stellar 0.80 WHIP. This was always in his bag. I've been saying it for two years. I continue to be dumbfounded.
For as much as I love the Brewers for their system-wide - baseball-wide - pitching development, in my very humble opinion they absolutely missed the boat on Shook. I said it last year. I said it this year. I'll say it again: future MLB pitcher. It's all there in the tools.