Remember 1969: Who Won? 2001

 

Mets Trades through the years:  Who Won? 

OK.   I tried combining years in the Tuesday post and it really did get too big.  At this point I'll go back posting one year at a time.  Look for new posts every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 10:00 a.m. starting next week until we get to 1962!  

 First: 2001, which directly followed a World Series appearance in October 2000. 

November 2000 through October 2001

 (1)  New York Mets traded Bubba Trammell to the San Diego Padres for Donne Wall  (Dec 11, 2000)

 (2)  New York Mets traded Javier Ochoa to the Cleveland Indians for Tom Martin  (Jan 11, 2001)

 (3)  New York Mets traded Mark Leiter to the Colorado Rockies for Brian Rose  (Mar 27, 2001)

 (4)  New York Mets traded Endy Chavez to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Curry  (Mar 30, 2001)

 (5)  New York Mets traded Todd Pratt to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gary Bennett  (Jul 23, 2001)

 (6)  New York Mets traded Turk Wendell and Dennis Cook to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bruce Chen and Adam Walker  (July 27, 2001)

 (7)  New York Mets traded Rick Reed to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Lawton  (Jul 30, 2001)

 (8)  New York Mets traded Gary Bennett to the Colorado Rockies for Ender Chavez  (Aug 23, 2001)

 (9)  New York Mets traded Kyle Kessel to the Detroit Tigers for C.J. Nitkowski  (Sep 01, 2001)

Notes:   After this series of trades in the year following their World Series appearance, it is no wonder they didn’t get back there in 15 years.   These trades ranged from awful (Pratt for Bennett) to meh (most of the rest of them).    Trading away Wendell hurt.   I loved the character of the guy, but he was pretty much done by that point. 

I didn't give Dennis Cook enough credit for his 3 and a half years in NY.  He was 24-13 being used mostly as a LOOGY. 

Interesting note about the Mark Leiter trade in March to the Rockies.   I would have to do more extensive research, but I cannot think of another player they signed as a free agent that they traded before the season.   Leiter signed in January and lasted for only two months with the organization, never getting the chance to pitch with his brother Al with the Mets.  He also has one of the all time best Baseball-Reference pictures.  (discounting John Maine - who comes up with these, and are they going to have them for life??? )