Sources: Mets find CF fix, get Mullins from O's

The New York Mets are finalizing a woody to get halfway fielder Cedric Mullins successful a commercialized with the Baltimore Orioles, sources confirmed to ESPN connected Thursday.

Mullins is simply a 30-year-old halfway fielder successful a declaration twelvemonth who contributes successful a fig of ways, including with velocity and fantabulous defense, including a spectacular leaping, backhanded drawback good supra the partition successful his Orioles finale to rob the Blue Jays' Ali Sanchez of a location tally Wednesday.

What Mullins doesn't springiness you successful batting mean -- helium has gone connected a caller teardrop to summation it to .229 -- helium makes up with his powerfulness numbers, which are trending up this play with a .738 OPS and 15 location runs. He besides has 49 RBIs.

He is successful his eighth large league season, each with the Orioles. His 30-30 run successful 2021 was a agleam spot during a unspeakable play successful Baltimore, and helium remained a origin arsenic the Orioles reached the playoffs successful 2023 and 2024.

MLB.com archetypal reported quality of Mullins' trade.

ESPN's Kiley McDaniel contributed to this report.