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Old 07-01-2015, 03:20 PM   #2416
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Originally Posted by screech View Post
Speaking of the Mets, happy payday to Bobby Bonilla!
What often gets overlooked is that the money saved by not buying out Bonilla outright they freed up money to justify trading for Mike Hampton, who was brilliant in helping the Mets reach the 2000 World Series. Then the compensatory draft pick the Mets got from Hampton signing with the Rockies wound up being David Wright.

So without the Bonilla buyout, they may have never wound up with the best hitter in franchise history.
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