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The Top 50 Mets Of All Time: #32 Rick Reed
Rick Reed was a struggling journeyman with exactly one solid season on his resume when an opportunity for increased playing time presented itself in the form of the protracted labor dispute that cance...
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #33 Tommie Agee
In 1967, the Mets went 61-101, clearing the century mark in losses for the fifth time in six seasons (the outlier, 1966, saw them lose only 95 games). Looking to shore up their defense and get a bit y...
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #34 Bobby Bonilla
In the seven years from 1984 through 1990, the Mets had an incredible run of success during which they averaged better than 95 wins per season. Manager Davey Johnson had been dispatched a quarter of...
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #35 Lenny Dykstra
With the ninth pick in the first round of the 1981 June amateur draft the Texas Rangers selected a 6'3" power right-handed pitcher out of Yale named Ron Darling. Twelve rounds and 306 picks later th...
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #36 Tom Glavine
After spending sixteen mostly-splendid seasons pitching for the Braves, a stretch that included two Cy Young awards, five top-three finishes and eight All-Star appearances, 36-year-old Tom Glavine was...
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #37 Wally Backman
Walter Wayne Backman was selected by the Mets in the first round -- sixteenth overall -- of the 1977 amateur draft out of Aloha High School in Aloha, OR. As a 17-year-old he was assigned to Little F...
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #38 Steve Trachsel
In 2000, the Mets snagged the National League Wild Card and rode their playoff appearance all the way to the World Series where they eventually lost to some other team in five games. That offseason ...
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #39 John Milner
John "The Hammer" Milner was selected by the Mets in the 14th round (#301 overall) of the 1968 draft out of South Fulton High School in East Point, Georgia. He reported to Marion of the Appalachian ...
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #40 David Wright
Afer helping to lead the Mets to the 2000 World Series, Mike Hampton fled to the Rockies as a free agent, citing Colorado's better schools as his primary motive for leaving. As compensation for the ...
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #41 Bobby Jones
Robert Joseph Jones (Bobby J.) was originally drafted out of Fresno High School (Tom Seaver's alma mater) by the Oakland Athletics in the 35th round (905th overall). He chose college over the A's, a...
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