David Stearns has made three trades for a center fielder during his tenure with the Mets. How do they grade now vs. how did they grade when we first saw the deals?
A trade for a center fielder, whether one for the starting lineup or some depth, has seemed to be an annual tradition for recent New York Mets teams. The ironic part of it is they’ve also traded away plenty of center field prospects. From the more high-profile Pete Crow-Armstrong to Jake Mangum, there were options coming up through the system who could have had an impact during the David Stearns era.