ATLANTA - JULY 31: Kris Benson #34 of the New York Mets pitches during the game against the Atlanta Braves on July 31, 2004 at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves won 8-0. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
At the 2004 trade deadline, the New York Mets added Kris Benson in a deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates. How did the trade work out?
There was a period of New York Mets baseball between the 2000 World Series run and the trip to the 2006 NLCS which saw a lot of bad transactions. One of those trades that didn’t work out so well happened in 2004.