Shortly after swinging a deal for Jay Bruce, the Mets confounded the entire baseball world by trading for Jon Niese, who was dealt during the offseason for Neil Walker and proceeded to bash the team on his way out.
Then it was reported that Antonio Bastardo, who has been terrible this season, was the player being dealt for Niese.
As it always does, Mets Twitter responded in an incredibly hysterical way. Behold, some of the best reactions…
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO https://t.co/Jmnu8wt1Vx
— Devon (@DevOnSports) August 1, 2016
We’ve just spent the last few months shitting on Niese and his whining.