The Mets, a surging baseball team with one of the best records in baseball over the first month of the 2022 campaign, were faced with a roster crunch and a tough choice. They made the correct one, however, designating veteran Robinson Canó for assignment.
Canó, barring an absolutely stunning outcome, has played his last game as a New York Met, and will end his tenure in Queens with a rather pedestrian .269/.315/.450 (106 OPS+) in 168 games, but his time as a Met was anything but.
In early December of 2018, then-general manager Brodie Van Wagenen made his big swing by acquiring Canó and Edwin Díaz for a package surrounding Jarred Kelenic and Justin Dunn.