1 Mets trade deadline deal Brodie Van Wagenen, Zack Scott, and Billy Eppler would've made

Billy Eppler trades Dedniel Nunez for Jesse Winker

Billy Eppler experienced two very different MLB trade deadlines with the Mets. In 2022, it was as a buyer. The next year, he sold. We have to give him credit for how he added to the farm system in 2023. This doesn’t save him from ridicule of what happened a year prior when every deal he did make turned sour.

There isn’t a singular bad trade of Epplers we immediately think of. We made quite a couple worth mocking in a mock trade. This one hones in on the Daniel Vogelbach deal.

Fake Eppler sends the Washington Nationals reliever Dedniel Nunez for Jesse Winker. A currently useful big league reliever on the shelf with an injury, it’s akin to the Mets sending Colin Holderman to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vogelbach. We still get Winker but it creates a new hole on the roster.

In a bonus trade, Eppler sends Danny Young plus three prospects to the Detroit Tigers for Andrew Chafin. More of a mockery of the Darin Ruf trade, the Mets bring in someone who statistically isn’t a great enough upgrade at a high cost while also pulling the plug on another useful player, Young.

Which former Mets General Manager messes up the team most? Not necessarily bad moves, each is a little short-sighted.