A lot of Mets have made their way up north over the last few seasons, although one on the list below doesn’t really count.
Let’s get that one out of the way first. I’m not sure if technically Jose Bautista counts as a Met or not. he was on the Mets roster for some time, between trades that brought him to Pittsburgh. Do you count a player who never made an appearance with a team? Probably not. Oh well. I got a paragraph out of it.
The two big names the Blue Jays have that used to be Mets are Dickey and Reyes. Dickey was traded to Toronto after winning the Cy Young with the Mets. The traded netted the Mets with d’Arnaud, Syndergaard, and Becerra. Dickey has been solid for the Jays and it’s hard not to root for him. Reyes ended up with Blue Jays after being traded from the Marlins. Although he isn’t the Reyes that he used to be, it is interesting to think about what the conversations around this off season would have been if the Mets still had Reyes.
The Blue Jays still have Josh Thole from the Dickey trade (although no Nickeas who was granted free agency after last season). Rounding out the group is Greg Burke. Burke made his debut with the Padres in 2009 and then returned to the majors in 2013 with the Mets were he put a 5.68 ERA over 31.2 innings. He then signed with the Rockies and this year with the Blue Jays.
This series of articles will take us across every organization in baseball and look for former Mets in the majors and minors to see how they are doing, leading up to a “Former Mets Team” to see how the current Mets stack up with pieces we have all over the place. I am still looking for Mets team members on the Rangers, White Sox and Tigers. If you know any, please let me know!
