Third base has been a position of great grievances for the New York Mets. However, it’s second base where the organization seems to have missed on a far more regular basis. The 1990s involved them trading away Jeff Kent prematurely, for Carlos Baerga. Years later, they added Roberto Alomar just as the future Hall of Famer was on the decline. Robinson Cano? Say no more about his Mets tenure.
Before any of those moves, the Mets made an easily forgotten trade with the Milwaukee Brewers. Reliever Doug Henry joined the Mets, pitching well in 1995 for the Mets but not so great in 1996.