This offseason, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was traded from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves in one of the weirdest it-could-have-been-a-blockbuster-in-2010 trades in recent memory. The Braves, as expected, released the former slugger on Tuesday, and apparently the Mets reached out to him almost immediately.
Sources: Mets have reached out on free agent Adrian Gonzalez, who was released earlier today by the Braves.
The front office has been reportedly unhappy with Dominic Smith‘s performance last season after being called up to the big leagues, so they could entertain the idea of signing a first baseman to help out.