The Mets’ selloff kept rolling Sunday, and this time the move involved a familiar bullpen arm heading out before the Aug. 3 MLB trade deadline.
Huascar Brázoban, the 36-year-old right-hander who had been seen hugging teammates on the field earlier in the day during New York’s game against the Miami Marlins, is being dealt to the Chicago White Sox. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that the return is Double-A pitcher Gabe Davis and Triple-A pitcher Zach Franklin.
Brázoban has been a steady piece in the Mets’ bullpen this season, going 5-2 with a 2.61 ERA in 45 appearances. He’s been doing it with a fastball that sits at 96.8 mph and with a knack for keeping hitters from doing damage. Right-handers are slugging .263 against him this year, while left-handers are at .268.
For Chicago, the move comes as the White Sox continue reshaping the pitching staff. They created room in the bullpen by sending Seranthony Dominguez to the Seattle Mariners in the deal that brought Luis Castillo to Chicago.
With Castillo now in the rotation, Erick Fedde is set to shift into a long-relief role. Brázoban gives them a different kind of bullpen weapon, and one they hope can help patch over a relief corps that has already blown 20 saves this season.
Only four teams have more blown saves.
The headliner coming back to New York is Davis, who was ranked No. 18 in the White Sox organization by MLB Pipeline. The 22-year-old right-hander is listed at 6-foot-9 and has a fastball that can touch triple digits.
Davis showed plenty in advanced Class-A Winston-Salem, where he posted a 2.63 ERA with seven walks and 33 strikeouts over 27.1 innings in eight starts. After that, he moved up to Double-A Birmingham, where things got tougher: 0-5, 8.31 ERA, 1.85 WHIP.
Franklin, 27, brings more minor league experience. A 10th-round pick out of Missouri in the 2023 MLB Draft, he’s spent four minor league seasons in the White Sox system. With Triple-A Charlotte in 2026, he’s 2-2 with a 4.37 ERA in 33 games, with 60 strikeouts, 14 walks, and a .220 average against in 45.1 innings.
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