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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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Mets pick a Strawberry in draft
New York Daily News, June 4, 1980
Darryl Strawberry is selected by the Mets in the first round of the 1980 amateur free-agent draft. (Plus Billy Beane and John Gibbons.)
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Jim Fregosi
Born: April 4, 1942
at San Francisco, Cal.
Died: February 14, 2014 at Miami, Fla.
Fregosi
Years with Mets: 1972, 1973

146 games. 5 hr, 43 rbi, 0.233
38 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies
1990 Game Results
06/01 Mets 4, Phillies 0 Viola (W, 8-2)
06/02 Phillies 5, Mets 4 Gooden (L, 3-5)
06/03 Phillies 8, Mets 3 Fernandez (L, 3-5)
06/22 Mets 5, Phillies 1 Viola (W, 10-3)
06/23 Mets 3, Phillies 0 Gooden (W, 6-5)
06/24 Mets 6, Phillies 5 Innis (W, 1-1)
07/23 Phillies 7, Mets 4 Viola (L, 13-5)
07/24 Mets 7, Phillies 4 Machado (W, 3-1)
07/25 Mets 10, Phillies 9 Fernandez (W, 7-6)
08/07 Phillies 9, Mets 0 Viola (L, 15-6)
08/08 Mets 8, Phillies 4 Cone (W, 8-5)
08/09 Mets 5, Phillies 4 Ojeda (W, 6-5)
09/07 Phillies 4, Mets 1 Cone (L, 11-8)
09/08 Mets 12, Phillies 2 Gooden (W, 16-6)
09/09 Phillies 6, Mets 2 Fernandez (L, 9-12)
09/14 Phillies 4, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 9-13)
09/15 Mets 4, Phillies 2 Viola (W, 19-9)
09/16 Phillies 8, Mets 3 Cone (L, 12-9)
1990 totals: 10 wins, 8 losses



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