Why Was Tom Seaver Traded?
The Mets' Then General Manager Frank Cashen Left Seaver Unprotected the Following Winter, and Once Again, the Franchise Was Gone, as the Chicago White Sox...
The Mets' then general manager Frank Cashen left Seaver unprotected the following winter, and once again, The Franchise was gone, as the Chicago White Sox selected him as a free agent compensation pick before the 1984 season. ... “They made it into this, 'Well, Tom needs too much money and that's why we have to trade him.
Why did Mets trade Seaver?
Midnight Massacre
Seaver wanted to renegotiate his contract to bring his salary in line with what other top pitchers were making, but chairman of the board M. Donald Grant, who by that time had been given carte blanche by Mets management to do what he wished, refused to budge.
When was Tom Seaver traded?
When the New York Mets traded Tom Seaver in 1977, it broke the hearts of fans all over the world. Seaver was literally “The Franchise.” Sending him packing stabbed fans in the back and ushered in a losing era of Mets baseball.
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