The early '70's Mets had a 3-year run of bad third basemen. Joe Foy in 1970 was so washed up he was replaced by Bob Aspromonte in 1971, who was so washed up he was replaced by the washed-up Jim Fregosi in 1972. Fregosi, to be fair, played another 5 years but he was never the player he'd been before coming to the Mets. Yes, it's before the Wilpons but it's always been a Mets trait. Their whole 1962 team was essentially these types of players.