Former Mets second baseman and possible future Hall of Famer Jeff Kent has called it a career.

Kent came to the Mets in 1992 in a trade which sent David Cone to the Blue Jays in exchange for Kent and Ryan Thompson.

Kent played for the Mets from 1992 through 1996. In 498 games with the Mets he hit .279 with 244 runs, 267 RBIs and 67 home runs.

Of course, Mets fans remember Kent for being tied to one of the worst trades in Mets history, when on July 29th 1996, he was traded along with my then favorite player Jose Vizcaino to the Cleveland Indians for All Star second baseman Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza.

Kent went on to have a hall of fame career including an MVP season in 2000.
Vizcaino went on to be a good player for the next 10 years.

Baerga who hit over .310 for the previous 4 seasons went on to hit .267 in just over 2 years with the Mets.
Espinoza was the highlight of the deal as he would hit .306 in 134 AB for the Mets in 1996 before he was released.

I still have not forgiven the Mets organization.

Kent goes down as one of the greatest second basemen in baseball history. He is the all time leader in home runs for second baseman, and had 90+ RBIs every season from 1997 (the year after he left the Mets)through 2005.