=batmagadanleadoff post_id=96089 time=1655331534 user_id=68]But looking back at that trade 45 years later, cooly, dispassionately and removed of any emotion, the Mets were better off in the long run, trading Seaver to Cincy. The team was going nowhere even with Seaver. It was awful, its farm had dried up and the owners were not gonna pursue top tier free agents. With Seaver, the great teams of the 80s might not have happened.