The Mets went into this offseason with a list of issues that they needed to address. However, they came out of the winter with only outfielder Jason Bay and a bunch of spare parts.
Why didn’t they add to their payroll?
They said it was because they liked the rotation they had and must have been confident enough in the lineup, too. Well it turns out that they already had another big contract all ready lined up to go on the books—Bobby Bonilla .
Here’s how this story goes. The Mets signed Bonilla in 1992 and he quickly became the face of one of the worst teams in the history of the organization. They traded him away after 1995. The problem was, the Mets organization seems to have had a short memory because they traded for Bonilla again before the 1999 season.
Of course, ...
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