The picture above is one of the young and powerful Brian Bannister, who at one point was a New York Met. He was sent to Kansas City in exchange for Ambiorix Burgos, who was a complete bust (injured in 2007 and has stayed in AAA since).
Bannister, who's been on a tear with the Royals is another one of those terrible trades that the New York Mets have pulled off involving future phenoms (Nolan Ryan, Scott Kazmir, Sandy Koufax).
Another possible bust was the Oliver Perez and Roberto Hernandez for Xavier Nady deal, which I talked about in a past article. This move had bust written all over it; Nady had several memorable moments as a Met, and was becoming a fan favorite.
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Iin exchange for Nady the Mets received a mediocre veteran and an unaccomplished pitcher who would have only little success as a Met. Xavier Nady joined the Pirates and played pretty solid ball for the rest of the season. Undoubtedly this move was a bad one, and is regretted throughout the Mets community.
The third and final trade bust over the past two offseasons was the one in which the Mets got Carlos Delgado (it was not in the past two offseasons, but please work with me here).
This looked like a solid move at first, because the Mets were getting a proven veteran hitter, who would help a then, poor lineup for the Metropolitans. Though he hit 36 HR ins 2006, he was in a season long slump throughout 2007 wen a lot of Mets fans booed him during every plate appearance. He has entered a slump during this season too, and is currently batting below .200.
Though Omar Minaya has made several good moves during his time as the Mets GM (Johan Santana, Ryan Church, Angel Pagan), he has also made some pretty bad ones to go along with them.
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8 months ago
how can you say the Nady trade was a bad trade? we needed a reliever at the time because of Sanchez's car accident and Oliver Perez was a throw in, a throw in that pitched game 7 of the nlcs that year and went on to win 15 games last year, also it is easy to say the delgado trade was bad when you look at it now but without delgado in 2006 the mets don't win 97 games
8 months ago
Is this a joke Nino? I'm not tryin to take John's thunder, but we did need a realiver. Delgado has been quiet recenetly, but when he is on, he's on.
from 8 months ago
But Taylor, he hasn'y been on in the pas two years, and I don't xpect him to be on for a whille.
8 months ago
I'm totally serious, even if Delgado did good in 2006 he was terrible the past 2 seasons, but when hes hot he does it for 2 or 3 games and then becomes as cold as Mrs. Kliens heart. But the Nady trade was also a bust because Nady was tairing it up as soon as he left, and Perez became a 15 game winner due to the offense. And besides he was supposed to pitch game 7 of the NLCS because willie randolph wasnt going to let anybody else pitch on 3-days rest and risk their chance if they made the World Series. Though a reliever was necessary after the car accident, the mets had then consistent and juiced guillermo mota who barely every let up anything, plus they had chad bradford, and darren oliver in case anything got out of hand.
8 months ago
Nino getting Perez was good and true Nady is a big miss and Delgado sucks
7 months ago
This is ridiculous? Am I happy for Nady? YES! But the trade HAD to be made and to get Perez as a throw in makes the deal a steal! RIDICULOUS!! And the Delgado deal had to be made at the time as well. GIVE ME A BREAK!
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