Elite Sports NY · Sep 24, 2021
How does Javier Báez compare to all-time Mets’ trade additions?
Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY SportsHow does Javier Báez’s final two months stack up in Mets history?
When the 2021 trade deadline passed, the biggest deal made by the New York Mets was the addition of infielder Javier Báez from the Chicago Cubs.
To get the superstar, the Mets paid dearly; they traded away one of their top outfield prospects, Pete Crow-Armstrong. But the Mets were desperate. Francisco Lindor was on the shelf and the team’s hopes of winning the National League East were sliding in the wrong direction.