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Trade Tracker Thursday: Mets–Orioles Trade History: Grading the Most Impactful Deals From Armando Benitez to Cedric Mullins

Trade Tracker Thursday: Mets–Orioles Trade History: Grading the Most Impactful Deals From Armando Benitez to Cedric Mullins

Trade Tracker Thursday: Mets–Orioles Trade History: Grading the Most Impactful Deals From Armando Benitez to Cedric Mullins

Now that last week's incredibly painful Winter Meetings are over, let's get back to some all-time impactful historical trades between the Mets and Pete Alonso's new team. Surprisingly, there haven't been that many major trades between the 1969 World Series opponenets. December 1, 1998. Mets get RHP Armando Benitez from Baltimore for C Charles Johnson. Before you throw your phone away because Charles Johnson was never a Met, he was on paper! They got Charles in a three-team tr

Dec 18, 20256 min read

Saturday Seasons: 1999 Piazza’s Power, Ventura’s “Grand Slam Single,” and the Season That Revived New York Baseball

Saturday Seasons: 1999 Piazza’s Power, Ventura’s “Grand Slam Single,” and the Season That Revived New York Baseball

Saturday Seasons: 1999 Piazza’s Power, Ventura’s “Grand Slam Single,” and the Season That Revived New York Baseball

Following a second consecutive 88-74 record without a playoff berth, the Mets hierarchy felt some drastic changes needed to be made if they were to get back to October baseball for the first time in 11 years. Carlos Baerga and Todd Hundley departed via free agency and Mel Rojas was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a second stint of Bobby Bonilla. The Mets used free agency to add gold glove winning third baseman Robin Ventura, future Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson and for

Dec 6, 202510 min read

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