THE List: Top 10 Most Important Mets Trades
Donn Clendenon (6/15/69) In the first trade that truly changed the face of the franchise, the Mets acquired Clendenon at the trade deadline in 1969. All he did was hit 12 home runs in 72 games to help the Mets win the NL East, then hit three homers to win the MVP of the World […]
THE List: Top 10 2012 Mets Moments
Scott Hairston Hits for Cycle — 4/27/12 Hairston was a surprising bright spot in 2012, hitting a career high 20 home runs. His best day actually came during one of the team’s worst losses of the year — he hit for the cycle in a wild game in Colorado that the Mets lost 18-9. Johan Santana […]
THE List: 10 Worst Mets Trades
Amos Otis & Bob Johnson for Joe Foy (12/3/69) The classic bad Mets trade. Hey, without it we would never know who Joy Foy was! Nolan Ryan, Leroy Stanton, Francisco Estrada & Don Rose for Jim Fregosi (12/10/71) I don’t know what’s worse — trading Ryan for a washed up Fregosi, or having to include […]
THE List: 10 Best Mets Pitchers
Tom Seaver (1967-1976, 1983) Well, obviously. Tops in wins (198), strikeouts (2541) and ERA (2.57) for the Mets. Three Cy Young awards. Hall of Fame. Need I go on? Jerry Koosman (1968-1978) Koosman was underrated. Third in wins and strikeouts. In fact, when he retired, he was in the top 10 all-time in strikeouts. He […]
THE List: Top 10 2011 Mets Moments
Luis Castillo & Oliver Perez Released — 3/18/11, 3/21/11 Alderson was smart to bring them into camp to see if they had anything to offer. Of course they did not, so they were cut loose despite the Mets still being on the hook for $18 million, much to the delight of Mets fans. Osama bin Laden […]
THE List: Top 10 Worst Mets Relievers
Butch Metzger (1978) Metzger won the Rookie of the Year in 1976. When the Mets got him two years later at age 26 he was already washed up. In his one year with the Mets and his final year in baseball he had a 6.51 ERA and more walks than strikeouts. He was so bad […]
THE List: Top 10 Mets Team Disappointments
Gil Hodges Dies: 4/2/72 People remember where they were on 9/11 or when JFK was assassinated, but I remember where I was when Hodges died. I was watching some kind of quiz show (it might have been a college bowl-type show) on the Mets flagship WOR when they “interrupted this broadcast for breaking news” that […]
THE List: Top 10 Mets Player Seasons
Tom Seaver (1969) 25-7, 2.21 era, 208 ks The list is limited to one season per player, or Seaver would be on it about five times. 1969 was his best year — he won his first of three Cy Youngs as well as 25 games, a Mets record that still stands. Dwight Gooden (1985) 24-4, […]
THE List: Top 10 2010 Mets Moments
Mets Sign Jason Bay — 1/5/10 It took more than two months, but Omar Minaya finally got his man, signing Bay to a four-year, $66 million contract. Bay was the power hitter the Mets thought they needed to put them over the top. 20 Inning Game in St. Louis – 4/17/10 It was a game for […]
THE List: Top 10 Mets Trade Steals
Jerry Grote (1966-1977) For some guy named Tom Parsons who never played in the majors again, the Mets got an All Star catcher who was able to bring the greatness out of a young pitching staff. Johnny Bench famously said if he and Grote were on the same team, Bench would have to play third […]
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