In recent years, the New York Mets have made it a habit of adding former New York Yankees at all levels of their organization. The one that comes top of mind for everyone is, of course, Juan Soto, but the overall number is truly astounding.
With that, they've had varying degrees of success. At its worst, they've hilariously wasted $34 million on Frankie Montas, who was so bad that they just unceremoniously DFA'd him. On the positive side, they extracted a rebound season from Luis Severino in 2024, but then wisely moved on.
It's not just major players that New York's little brother has pilfered from the Yankees, either.