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Los Angeles Gets: RHP Noah Syndergaard and LHP Brad Wieck

New York Gets: OF Yasiel Puig

After seeing Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal's video report where he remarks that the Los Angeles Dodgers would listen to offers for anyone—including Yasiel Puig—there was only one team I felt was in a perfect position to make a deal actually happen—the New York Mets.

Of course, Puig would have to prove that he's past the hamstring issue that has kept him sidelined for more than a month, and the odds of this swap being completed are only slightly higher than the odds that I'll be a first-round pick in the upcoming MLB draft.

But if we're being honest, this is a deal that makes sense for both teams.

The Dodgers have a surplus of outfielders and need rotation help, both in 2015 and beyond. That's a situation that only figures to become more desperate this winter after Zack Greinke opts out of his deal. While prospects like Chris Anderson and Julio Urias might be ready to contribute in 2016, there's a chance they're not.

Syndergaard, 22, has been terrific for the Mets thus far (2.55 ERA, 2.57 FIP) and is controllable for the foreseeable future at a bargain price. He'd be a perfect complement to Kershaw atop the rotation and, perhaps, allow the Dodgers to take their time with (and pressure off) Anderson and Urias.

While he's not one of the team's top prospects, 23-year-old southpaw Brad Wieck is an intriguing talent given his size (6'9", 255 pounds) and ability to miss bats. In eight starts for Single-A Savannah, he's fanned 58 over 43.2 innings while pitching to a 3.08 ERA and 1.35 WHIP.

Before you freak out about the Mets moving an elite talent like Syndergaard, remember that the club still has the highly touted Steven Matz waiting in the wings at Triple-A and will eventually get the injured Rafael Montero and Zach Wheeler back, the latter not until 2016.

In Puig, the Mets get the dangerous, impact bat that the club desperately needs. Like Syndergaard, Puig is under team control for years and is relatively inexpensive, due roughly $25 million through 2018 with a year of arbitration remaining.

Now here's where we have to get a bit creative.

In order to fit Puig's bat in the everyday lineup, someone that's currently in New York's outfield has to go. It won't be center fielder Juan Lagares, he of the Golden Glove, nor will it be Curtis Granderson, who can't play anywhere but the outfield.

The same can't be said for Michael Cuddyer, who has spent time at both first base and third base as recently as 2014. The Mets just so happen to have a gaping hole at the hot corner, so that's where Cuddyer goes—at least until David Wright returns from spinal stenosis, which is anything but assured.

Cuddyer won't like the move, but it's where the team needs him. After Wright returns, Cuddyer would become part of the most expensive left field platoon in baseball with Granderson, getting the start against left-handed starters and serving as the team's primary pinch hitter.

But this is a move that makes too much sense for the Mets not to deal with whatever short-term issues it may create. For long after Cuddyer is gone and Granderson has become even less productive than he currently is, Puig will be hitting the prime of his career.