Heading 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.