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When Brodie Van Wagenen took over as general manager of the Mets last winter it was not long before he began to make brash declarations in conjunction with audacious moves for high-profile players.
Many of those trades and signings, including moves to add Robinson Cano, Edwin Diaz, Jed Lowrie and Jeurys Familia, have largely backfired.
But a deal he made that did not grace the back pages of the local tabloids — or get dissected on sports radio — may have yielded the best results. It was the trade for J.D. Davis, who had played in only 66 games over two years for the Houston Astros before joining the Mets on Jan.