In our first article of the series, we took a look at how the Mariners blockbuster trade of Edwin Diaz and Robinson Cano to the New York Mets impacted the 2019 teams. It is a bit complicated, but basically we are attempting to see who “won” each trade based only on the production of the players involved at the big league level.
So, in the Mets trade, as excited as we all are for Jarred Kelenic, he wasn’t with the big league team in 2019, so he didn’t even factor into the equation.