Remember 1969: Who Won? Deals of History - 1983

 

Mets Trades through the years:  Who won?

November 1982 through October 1983

 Notes:   There was one bad trade (trade 1), one good trade that righted a particularly bad one five years earlier (trade 2), and one outstanding trade (trade 10).   The rest were of the 'who cares' variety. 

(1)  New York Mets traded Mike Scott to the Houston Astros for Danny Heep  (Dec 10, 1982)

(2)  New York Mets traded Charlie Puleo, Lloyd McClendon and Jason Felice to the Cincinnati Reds for Tom Seaver  (Dec 16, 1982)

(3)  New York Mets traded Pat Zachry to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jorge Orta  Dec 28, 1982)

(4)  New York Mets traded Mike Davis to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Torrez  (Jan 13, 1983)

(5)  New York Mets traded Jorge Orta to the Toronto Blue Jays for Steve Senteney  (Feb 04, 1983)

(6)  New York Mets traded Jody Johnston and Steve Walker to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mark Bradley  (Mar 29, 1983)

(7)  New York Mets traded Tom Veryzer to the Chicago Cubs for Craig Weissman and Rob Schilling  (Apr 02, 1983)

(8)  New York Mets traded Felix Perdomo and Steve Ray to the New York Yankees for Tucker Ashford  (Apr 18, 1983)

(9)  New York Mets traded Marvell Wynne and Steve Senteney to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Junior Ortiz and Art Ray  (Jun 14, 1983)

(10)  New York Mets traded Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey to the St. Louis Cardinals for Keith Hernandez  (Jun 15, 1983)

 Closing remarks:  I didn't glean much trivia from this year's trades, but I did further solidify my dislike for the Wins Above Replacement as a measurement of a player's value.    Marvell Wynne is a great example.   How can a player play seven and a half years, accumulate 664 hits with 40 runs, score 300, steal 80 bases and end up with a negative 2.9 WAR?