1989: Rick Aguilera of the New York Mets winds back to pitch during a game in the 1989 season. ( Photo by: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
There are far too many former New York Mets players who go on to have outstanding careers in other cities. Do I have to name them all? You’ve cried about each at least a dozen times already.
A guy we don’t talk about much is Rick Aguilera. Maybe because the Mets traded him away for the reigning American League Cy Young winner, Frank Viola, we don’t really think of Aguilera as one of those special players that blossomed elsewhere.