1992 New York Mets season

To replace him the Mets brought in Jeff Torborg, who had led the Chicago White Sox to a second place finish in the American League West in 1991.

Their biggest acquisition was Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bobby Bonilla, who signed a five-year contract for just over $29 million that was one of the largest in league history at the time.

The Mets also made it a priority to acquire a top starting pitcher who could complement Dwight Gooden and David Cone at the front of the rotation.

The Mets eventually settled on Kansas City Royals ace Bret Saberhagen, whom they acquired in a December 1991 trade.

former All-Star and world champion, Saberhagen posted a 13–8 record and a 3.07 ERA for the 1991 season, and was one of seven pitchers that year to throw a no-hitter.

Second baseman Willie Randolph, who had spent 1991 with the Milwaukee Brewers, was brought in to replace Jefferies and had finished among the American League leaders in batting average the year before.

The pitching staff would be led by ace Dwight Gooden, coming off a 13-7 campaign, and #2 starter David Cone, who had led the league in strikeouts en route to a 14–14 season which he finished with a one-hit, nineteen-strikeout performance against the Philadelphia Phillies; his strikeout total for the game tied the then-National League record.

Murray had a similar season to his 1991 All-Star campaign with the Dodgers, but that only translated to a .261 average and sixteen home runs (although he managed to record 93 RBIs, which by far and away led the team).

After winning his first two decisions as a starter, Young would take the loss in the remaining fourteen games where he was the pitcher of record, leaving him with a 2-14 overall mark for the season.

Despite that, Cone finished with the overall league lead in strikeouts (261), a 17–10 record, and his first World Series championship as the Blue Jays defeated Smoltz's Braves in that year's contest.

[3] The book was written by current Newark Star-Ledger writer Bob Klapisch and current New York Daily News baseball writer John Harper, and titled The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse of the New York Mets (ISBN 0-8032-7822-5), Shortly after the book's April 1993 release, Klapisch was confronted by an irate Bobby Bonilla.