Remember 1969: Who Won? Deals through history: 1990

 

Mets Trades through the years:  Who won?

November 1989 through October 1990

 Notes:   The Mets had their last decent year for awhile in 1990, winning 91 games in Bud Harrelson's longest stint as the manager, taking over early in the year, replacing Davey Johnson.  

As far as trades go, in what started in 1987 and ran through 1991, the Mets continued dismantling their championship and powerhouse teams from '86 through '88.    Actually, it probably isn't fair to say they were actively trading 1986 players in 1990 as the only key player from the championship year dealt now was Doug Sisk.   Randy Myers got into a handful of games in '86, but was a young rookie at the time.    

The Mets probably won the Myers for Franco trade as Franco was a bullpen anchor from 1990 through 2004.  Myers went on to save 291 games after being traded away, actually besting Franco's 276 with the Mets.  

As with many years, several of the players the Mets obtained in 1990 were very near the end of their careers.  Mike Marshall, Tom Herr and Dan Schatzeter all had some ML sucess before arriving in New York, and none with the Mets. 

The trades: 

(1)  New York Mets traded John Mitchell and Joaquin Contreras to the Baltimore Orioles for Keith Hughes and Cesar Mejia  (Dec 05, 1989)

(2)  New York Mets traded Randy Myers and Kip Gross to the Cincinnati Reds for John Franco and Don Brown  (Dec 06, 1989)

(3)  New York Mets traded Juan Samuel to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Marshall and Alejandro Pena  (Dec 20, 1989)

(4)  New York Mets traded Brian Givens to the Seattle Mariners for Mario Diaz  (Jun 19, 1990)

(5)  New York Mets traded Doug Sisk to the Atlanta Braves for Tony Valle  (Jul 22, 1990)

(6)  New York Mets traded Mike Marshall to the Boston Red Sox for Greg Hansell, Paul Williams and Ed Perozo  (Jul 27, 1990)

(7)  New York Mets traded Julio Machado and Kevin Brown to the Milwaukee Brewers for Charlie O’Brien and Kevin Carmody   (Aug 30, 1990)

(8)  New York Mets traded Nikco Riesgo and Rocky Elli to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tom Herr  (Aug 30, 1990) 

(9)  New York Mets traded Archie Corbin to the Kansas City Royals for Pat Tabler  (Aug 30, 1990)

(10)  New York Mets traded Steve LaRose and Nicky Davis to the Houston Astros for Dan Schatzeder  (Sep 10, 1990)

Trivia:   Mario Diaz, the first guy named Diaz that the Mets traded with the Mariners to obtain, came over mid-year 1990, played in only 16 games and is one of the few (he is possibly the only) players on the Mets to have a lower on base percentage than batting average. 

Mike Marshall became the second player with his name to play for both the Dodgers and the Mets.