After the Mets traded for Daniel Vogelbach Friday, they continued to scout Trey Mancini during the Orioles-Yankees series in Baltimore through Saturday night, according to league sources.
Mancini could share time at DH with Vogelbach, whose skillset is to hit right-handed pitching, or push Vogelbach to the bench. Either way, the team is still on Mancini even after making its first trade deadline move Friday with Vogelbach.
It’s clear the Mets are intent on upgrading the Dom Smith/J.D. Davis tandem. The Vogelbach trade already marginalized Smith.
The Orioles are in the wild card race, and are signaling to other teams they are not willing to sell controllable relievers, according to league sources. Mancini is in a different category, because he is a free agent.