Pete Crow-Armstrong's breakout season with the Chicago Cubs set the stage for his All-Star showcase on Tuesday night, but it was almost a moment that never came to be. Sharing the field with New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso on Tuesday night, the two current All-Stars were nearly traded for one another at the MLB trade deadline in 2023.
Andy Martino of SNY shared a story about the 2023 deadline, revealing the Mets approached the Cubs about a trade that would have landed them Alonso in exchange for Crow-Armstrong.
"They didn’t get close to anything, but in the Mets’ office, they hatched an idea that was like ‘Let’s just see.