[Amazin69]

Updated summary of the 2017 purge (significant players in bold):

Lucas Duda to Tampa Bay for Drew Smith
Addison Reed to Boston for Gershon Bautista, Jamie Callahan, and Stephen Nogosek
Jay Bruce to Cleveland for Ryder Ryan
Neil Walker to Milwaukee for a PBTNL (Eric Hanhold)
Curtis Granderson to LA Dodgers for Jacob Rhame

That's four starters (and one key reliever) out, Drew Smith in. The idea that you build a team through a fire sale is dubious in the extreme. Fire sales are mostly useful for cutting costs (but Uncle Stevie has the $$$) or clearing space for young talent (which we don't have).

And giving emotional satisfaction to those saying "Blow it up!", I suppose.

(What was more significant for the Mets that 2017 summer was drafting Peterson and Vientos and signing Mauricio.)