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Seattle Mariners signed Mackey Sasser of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 1992.

New York Mets signed free agent Todd Pratt on December 23, 1996.

New York Mets signed free agent Craig Paquette of the Kansas City Royals on December 23, 1997.

New York Mets traded Roger Cedeno, Octavio Dotel and Kyle Kessel to the Houston Astros for Derek Bell and Mike Hampton on December 23, 1999.

Texas Rangers signed Michael Bacsik of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 2003.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Padilla on December 23, 2004.

Washington Nationals signed Gustavo Molina of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 2008.

New York Mets signed free agent Omir Santos of the Baltimore Orioles on December 23, 2008.

Milwaukee Brewers claimed Kirk Nieuwenhuis of the New York Mets on waivers on December 23, 2015.

New York Mets signed free agent Alejandro De Aza of the San Francisco Giants on December 23, 2015.

Washington Nationals signed Scott Copeland of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 2018.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Foli is cool as Joe goes to Chapman
New York Daily News, March 3, 1979
It's spring training 1979, and a "mature" Tim Foli is about to lose his starting shortstop job to Kelvin Chapman. Foli would be dealt to Pittsburgh in the coming weeks.
Tags: Kelvin Chapman, Tim Foli, Joe Torre.


Randomly selected Met Player

Joe Smith
Born: March 22, 1984
at Cincinnati, O.
Smith
Years with Mets: 2007, 2008

136 games. 9 - 5, 3.51
97 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Washington Nationals
2007 Game Results
04/13 Mets 3, Nationals 2 Heilman (W, 1-1)
04/14 Nationals 6, Mets 2 Hernandez (L, 1-1)
04/27 Nationals 4, Mets 3 Perez (L, 2-2)
04/28 Mets 6, Nationals 2 Sele (W, 1-0)
04/29 Mets 1, Nationals 0 Maine (W, 4-0)
07/27 Nationals 6, Mets 2 Sosa (L, 7-6)
07/28 Mets 3, Nationals 1 Hernandez (W, 7-4)
07/28 Nationals 6, Mets 5 Feliciano (L, 2-2)
07/29 Mets 5, Nationals 0 Maine (W, 12-5)
08/17 Mets 6, Nationals 2 Glavine (W, 11-6)
08/18 Mets 7, Nationals 4 Perez (W, 11-8)
08/19 Mets 8, Nationals 2 Hernandez (W, 8-4)
09/17 Nationals 12, Mets 4 Sele (L, 3-2)
09/18 Nationals 9, Mets 8 Maine (L, 14-10)
09/19 Mets 8, Nationals 4 Pelfrey (W, 3-7)
09/24 Nationals 13, Mets 4 Pelfrey (L, 3-8)
09/25 Nationals 10, Mets 9 Glavine (L, 13-7)
09/26 Nationals 9, Mets 6 Smith (L, 3-2)
2007 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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