Asdrubal Cabrera finished his Mets tenure strong

It wasn’t often under Sandy Alderson’s watch that the Mets signed a player to a multi-year deal and had it turn out well, but Asdrubal Cabrera was a downright bargain from the time he was signed right up until the day he was traded. And the fact that he was still valuable enough to net a pretty decent minor league arm in a trade as a rental was icing on the cake.

Coming off a pair of seasons in which he hit very well, Cabrera had somewhat reluctantly and awkwardly given up the starting gig at shortstop by the end of the 2017 season. But with his option picked up after that season—an obviously good move at the time—and Todd Frazier signed to play third base on an everyday basis, Cabrera was…