{"id":75284,"date":"2025-07-02T07:41:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75284"},"modified":"2025-07-02T07:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:42:17","slug":"mets-trade-donovan-walton-to-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75284","title":{"rendered":"Mets Trade Donovan Walton To Phillies"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/new-york-mets-shortstop-donovan-100289082.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Donovan Walton eyeing Mets role that would be long time coming\" \/>By Anthony Franco | <time datetime=\"2025-07-01T22:22:36-05:00\">July 1, 2025<\/time> at <time datetime=\"2025-07-01T22:22:36-05:00\">10:22pm CDT<\/time><\/header>\n<div>\n<p>The Phillies acquired non-roster infielder\u00a0<strong>Donovan Walton<\/strong> from the Mets for cash considerations. The deal was announced by Philly\u2019s Triple-A affiliate in Lehigh Valley, where Walton was assigned. He was not on New York\u2019s 40-man roster and therefore will not occupy an immediate roster spot with Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Walton, a lefty-hitting utility player, signed a minor league contract with the Mets in November. The 31-year-old has been playing for their top affiliate in Syracuse. Walton has connected on 11 home runs but has a subpar .222\/.315\/.377 slash line through 295 plate appearances. That\u2019s despite solid strikeout and walk rates and driven largely by a .220 batting average on balls in play. Walton has a career .271\/.357\/.436 mark in more than 300 Triple-A games.<\/p>\n<p>A former fifth-round pick of the Mariners, Walton has seen scattered big league action over five years. He has split that time between Seattle and San Francisco, most recently spending the final few weeks of last season on the Giants\u2019 big league roster. Walton hasn\u2019t made an impact against MLB pitching, batting .174\/.227\/.305 over 70 games. He\u2019s primarily a middle infielder but has experience at both third base and in left field.<\/p>\n<p>The Phils were lacking infield depth in the upper minors. <strong>Weston Wilson<\/strong>, who is primarily a bat-first corner player, is the only infielder on the 40-man roster who isn\u2019t in the big leagues. <strong>Christian Arroyo<\/strong>, their most experienced non-roster infielder, is on the injured list at Lehigh Valley. Walton joins\u00a0<strong>Rodolfo Castro<\/strong> as IronPigs\u2019 middle infielders who have some MLB time on their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>View Comments (12)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Phillies picked up some infield depth in a rare trade with their division rivals. 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