Ra Dickey Rrade, R.A. Dickey is on the verge of becoming a Toronto Blue Jay.
The right-hander agreed to a two-year, $25 million extension with the Jays on Monday, according to a major-league source.
His trade from the New York Mets to the Jays will become official once he passes a physical, the source said.
Dickey, 38, accepted the same terms from the Jays that he requested from the Mets, and is now under contract until nearly his 41st birthday.
His trade from the New York Mets to the Jays will become official once he passes a physical, the source said.
Dickey, 38, accepted the same terms from the Jays that he requested from the Mets, and is now under contract until nearly his 41st birthday.
He already is signed for $5 million next season and now will earn $30 million over the next three years — a below-market price for the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner.
The trade, as first reported by the New York Post and confirmed by a source, would send Dickey, catcher Josh Thole and a non-elite prospect to the Jays, with the Mets receiving catcher Travis D’Arnaud, right-hander Noah Syndergaard, catcher John Buck and another non-elite prospect.
Dickey, 38, went 20-6 with a 2.73 ERA for the Mets last season. D’Arnaud, 23, is the Jays’ No. 1 prospect for the second straight year, according to Baseball America. D'Arnaud, who turns 24 in February, hit .333 at Triple-A Las Vegas with 16 homers and 52 RBI. He tore a knee ligament in June and had season-ending surgery. Syndergaard, 20, is the No. 3 prospect.
The deal would be a coup for the Mets, who would fill their need for a long-term catcher with D'Arnaud and add Syndergaard to a stable of top pitching prospects that already includes right-handers Zack Wheeler and Matt Harvey.
The Jays, meanwhile, would be continuing their “all-in” approach that began when they made their blockbuster with the Miami Marlins in November, acquiring shortstop Jose Reyes, right-hander Josh Johnson, left-hander Mark Buehrle and outfielder Emilio Bonifacio.
A rotation of Dickey, Johnson, Buehrle, right-hander Brandon Morrow and lefty Ricky Romero — combined with the Jays’ signing of free-agent outfielder Melky Cabrera and other additions — could make Toronto the favorite in the AL East.
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox appear more vulnerable than they have in recent seasons, and the Jays clearly are trying to seize the opportunity and return to the playoffs for the first time since 1993.
Most of the Jays’ best players — including Reyes, right fielder Jose Bautista and first baseman/designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion — are under contract through at least 2015.
The Los Angeles Angels and Texas also had been interested in Dickey.
Dickey drew attention earlier this month when he showed up at the baseball winter meetings in Nashville; he lives in Tennessee, near the hotel where the gathering was held.
Last week, Dickey ruffled Mets management when he spoke about his contract situation during a team event at Citi Field for children displaced from their schools by Superstorm Sandy.
Dickey said it ''would be disappointing'' if he merely played out his option year and became a free agent.
''If that's the decision that they make, I feel like it would be unfortunate because it probably is going mean that I'm not going to be back,'' Dickey said at the event. ''And that would be sad.''
Source:http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/toronto-blue-jays-new-york-mets-ra-dickey-trade-121412?ocid=ansfox11
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