While we typically don’t write about other teams expressing interest in players that aren’t with the Mets anymore, Kelly Johnson and the Braves are an exception. According to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta and Johnson are discussing reuniting at the beginning of the year for the third straight season.
As Mets fans though, we care about this story because the last two years that Kelly Johnson has started out as a Braves player, he’s eventually made his way to Queens and helped the Mets down the stretch.
In 2015, the Mets traded for Johnson and Juan Uribe at the same time near the trade deadline.