Buy or sell? It was a question asked by everyone in the middle of the 2023 New York Mets season. The team was built to win a championship and yet the results on the field weren’t justifying trade deadline additions. With limited days left to decide, the team underwent their first trade deadline sell-off since 2018 with the David Robertson deal to the Miami Marlins signaling to everyone they’d be raising the white flag.
By trading Robertson, the Mets opened up a floodgate for more trades in the following days. His deal was, initially, met with skepticism. Two teenage prospects came to the Mets.