June isn’t the best month in Major League Baseball to make a deal these days, but many years ago, the trade deadline took place on June 15th every season. This is why when you look back at New York Mets history, some of the biggest deals in franchise history went down on that date.
Sadly, many of those June Mets trades didn’t work as so well for the Amazins. Too often, June trades by the Mets front office resulted in a disaster.
There are three June trades that stand out as the worst of any.