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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

Big Deal! Mets Trade 4 for Fregosi; Angels Get Ryan, 3 Prospects
New York Daily News, December 11, 1971
At the time it looked like it was the "Jim Fregosi trade" but history now knows it as the "Nolan Ryan trade". One hundred years from now, this will still probably be among the worst trades in Mets history.
Tags: Jim Fregosi, Nolan Ryan.


Randomly selected Met Player

Yolmer Sanchez
Born: June 29, 1992
at Maracay, Venezuela
Sanchez
Years with Mets: 2022

3 games. 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0.000
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Mets vs. Houston Astros
2000 Game Results
08/07 Mets 6, Astros 5 Benitez (W, 3-4)
08/08 Astros 9, Mets 3 Leiter (L, 12-5)
08/09 Mets 12, Astros 5 Reed (W, 7-2)
08/10 Mets 10, Astros 3 Jones (W, 7-5)
08/28 Mets 4, Astros 2 Rusch (W, 9-10)
08/29 Astros 11, Mets 1 Leiter (L, 14-6)
08/30 Mets 1, Astros 0 Reed (W, 9-4)
2000 totals: 5 wins, 2 losses



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