There were a lot of complaints about what the New York Mets did at the 2022 MLB trade deadline. Rightfully so. They failed to make any significant move to bolster the roster. The Darin Ruf trade failed to pass the sniff test. Mychal Givens wasn’t the reliever we desired to complete the bullpen. Perhaps the most forgotten of the moves was the trade with the Cincinnati Reds. Adding Phil Diehl to the minors for depth and Tyler Naquin to the MLB roster, it turned out to be a failed move. Naquin barely hit over .200 while regularly filling in as the team’s right fielder in place of an injured Starling Marte.
The next former NY Mets prospect whose MLB debut we’re dreading
