Trade deadline deals between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies are uncommon. In 2019, we saw the Haley’s Comet of MLB trades when both the Mets and Phillies bought at the trade deadline and struck a deal before the deadline on July 29, 2019. A suddenly overcrowded Mets rotation had a surplus arm in the rotation. In those 11 starts, Vargas would go 1-4 with a 5.37 ERA for Philadelphia. Instead, it was just a good way to implant a trade deadline bust.