Dodgers: Mets throwing serious wrench into Nolan Arenado trade rumors

Why are the New York Mets the Rockies’ preferred Nolan Arenado destination over the Dodgers?

We’ve spent so much time thinking about what Nolan Arenado’s discontentment in Colorado means for the potential of a Dodgers-Rockies trade that we ignored the team in Denver’s preferences.

A hurdle to the deal? Sure. But we never expected the Rockies to actively seek out a trade partner on the east coast and beg them to join the market via a media circus.

On Wednesday, word leaked that Colorado GM Jeff Bridich would very much like to engage with Steve Cohen and the New York Mets in any Arenado trade that materializes, which would lead you to believe they’re acutely aware of the optics of dealing him to Southern California.

As the article professes:

"“The team that I am watching very carefully — that I was told even this week is the team the Rockies want to engage with — is the New York Mets,” Jon Morosi reported Wednesday morning on MLB Network.Per Morosi, the Rockies — looking to potentially free up money to sign pending free agent Trevor Story — do not want to trade Arenado to the Los Angeles Dodgers and would prefer to deal him to a team outside the NL West."

If Story extending with the Rockies remains a viable possibility and not just a pipe dream, Colorado really should be focused on offloading their current disgruntled financial commitment as quickly as possible, whether the Mets ever perk up or the Dodgers remain the only big-market suitor.

It’s also worth noting that SNY’s proposed packages for Arenado are…polished gibberish?

Although it might be a fiscal necessity, imagine the Rockies eyeing and approving of adding Robinson Cano’s contract after a year away from the game on a performance-enhancing drug suspension? And didn’t they just get rid of David Dahl because they believed they had too packed an outfield picture? But Brandon Nimmo, come on down!

And the centerpiece of the first deal is up-and-down reliever Jeurys Familia?

Rest assured, these aren’t the solutions the Rockies are looking for, either. But it’s always felt like an uphill battle to get Arenado to the Dodgers and his Southern California roots because of the complexities of an in-division trade, and the idea that the Rockies are pushing a previously-nonexistent link with the Mets instead is fairly telling.

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