Justin Verlander’s Mets legacy will always include the Rumble Ponies

Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY SportsHeading into Tuesday’s MLB trade deadline, there was a lot of debate as to whether the Mets would actually trade Justin Verlander. After all, he just signed a massive two-year, $86.67 million deal with New York this past winter.

Well, general manager Billy Eppler did just that. It was one part of a significant sell-off of players on short-term deals. The Mets’ social media team was very busy switching out player pictures and their autographs on the following background as a way to say thank you and goodbye:

Thank you, JV. pic.twitter.com/JK20ZIK9Sc

— New York Mets (@Mets) August 1, 2023

Verlander obviously wasn’t a Met for very long. His year began on the injured…