Sons of Terry Leach

[Valadius]

I know that many of us are aware of some of the fantastic transaction trees that the Mets have accumulated over the years. Well, Ben Lindbergh at Grantland just released a piece where he traces the longest transaction trees involving active players on every MLB team's roster, and you may be surprised (or not) to find out that the transaction tree starting with the signing of Terry Leach on July 27, 1980 and continuing through the present day with David Wright currently ranks as the second-longest in all of baseball. Additionally, the trade chain starting with the drafting of Tim Bogar in 1987 and continuing through the present with Dilson Herrera and Vic Black ranks as fourth-longest active chain in baseball.

Check out the article here. It's got some pretty funky-looking charts.

[seawolf17]

Neat! I had no idea Terry Leach went all Feliciano back then -- I guess I just assumed he was in Tidewater in between 1982 and 1985.

[Edgy MD]

Pretty cool that Leach started that chain and quickly came back to the team as a free agent.

Too bad the Rick Anderson line died out. That lasted about 30 years.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

I'd like to see trade-only chains. The compensation pick stuff seems to muck things up.

[Edgy MD]

I don't know. I kind of think of it as real value back on the investment. I know GMs do.

Kevin Plawecki and Matt Reynolds, for instance, are the big grey geese that Alderson grabbed with the compensation pick the Mets got after losing Jose Reyes. That could really reflect well (or not) on the decision to let Reyes walk.