At CNNSI, they have a list ranking the 10 biggest trades of the last decades. While none of the trades directly involve the Mets, some of them certainly hold some significance:

10 ) Kansas City Royals send Carlos Beltran to the Astros.

Boy, in that post season where he hit 8 HRs in 12 games he certainly earned himself millions of extra dollars in free agency, where Omar Minaya gobbled him up.

9 ) Dodgers deal Paul Lo Duca, Guillermo Mota and Juan Encarnacion to the Marlins for Brad Penny and Hee Seop Choi.

Well, that year the Lo Duca trade sparked the Dodgers to the playoffs and the Marlins barely missed out. I guess I can only hope getting rid of Lo Duca and Mota sparks us to the playoffs next year, among other things.

8 ) As GM of the Expos, Omar Minaya trades Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips and Grady Sizemore in exchange for Bartolo Colon who immediately got hurt.

Wow, you think you’re trading just a few prospects thinking only one might pan out, but then you look at this trade and you see Lee who’s a decent starter, Phillips who is 26 years old and hit 30 HRs last year as a 2B and Grady Sizemore, who is just truly stunning.

I hope Omar knows what he’s doing if he gives away our prospects.

Other of note to the Mets include the Braves trading for Tim Hudson, the Marlins’ deals of Miguel Cabrera/Dontrelle Willis as well as the Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell for Hanley Ramirez trade.

Oh, and naturally the Yankees needed to be #1 on the list, with Alex Rodriguez for Alfonso Soriano topping the list.