Prior to the Asdrubal Cabrera trade in late July of 2018, the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies had gone exactly 17 years since they made a deal. Back on July 27, 2001, the Mets sent Dennis Cook and Turk Wendell to Philadelphia for Adam Walker and Bruce Chen.
Since the Cabrera trade that had little positive effect on the 2018 Phillies, the two teams have swapped two other veterans. Jose Bautista went to Philadelphia in a trade one month later. Last July, Jason Vargas was the veteran headed from the Big Apple to the City of Brotherly Love.