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Today is January 5

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New York Mets traded Vince Coleman to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin McReynolds on January 5, 1994.

New York Yankees signed Miguel Cairo of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 5, 2006.

New York Mets signed free agent David Newhan of the Baltimore Orioles on January 5, 2007.

New York Mets traded Corey Coles and Ryan Meyers to the Chicago Cubs for Angel Pagan on January 5, 2008.

New York Mets signed free agent Jason Bay of the Boston Red Sox on January 5, 2010.

Milwaukee Braves signed Eric Young of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 5, 2016.

New York Mets traded Bobby Wahl, Adam Hill and Felix Valerio to the Milwaukee Brewers for Keon Broxton on January 5, 2019.

New York Mets signed free agent Brandon Drury of the Toronto Blue Jays on January 5, 2021.

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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

Ronn Reynolds
Born: September 28, 1958
at Wichita, Kan.
Reynolds
Years with Mets: 1982, 1983, 1985

54 games. 0 hr, 3 rbi, 0.195
8 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1993 Game Results
05/14 Expos 8, Mets 7 Innis (L, 0-2)
05/15 Expos 2, Mets 1 Saberhagen (L, 3-4)
05/16 Expos 4, Mets 3 Young (L, 0-4)
06/21 Mets 8, Expos 3 Telgheder (W, 1-0)
06/22 Expos 6, Mets 3 Young (L, 0-9)
06/23 Expos 4, Mets 3 Tanana (L, 4-7)
08/02 Mets 4, Expos 3 Saberhagen (W, 7-7)
08/03 Expos 3, Mets 1 Tanana (L, 5-11)
08/04 Expos 3, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 1-2)
08/05 Mets 12, Expos 9 Draper (W, 1-1)
09/24 Expos 6, Mets 3 Jones (L, 2-4)
09/25 Expos 4, Mets 1 Hillman (L, 1-9)
09/26 Mets 9, Expos 3 Telgheder (W, 5-2)
1993 totals: 4 wins, 9 losses



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