Let's get carried away.

Nothing is impossible. Travis d'Arnaud could end up a lot like HOF catcher Gary Carter:

"You can see here, with his July 2011 acquisition of Zack Wheeler, one of the top-rated pitching prospects in the minors, from the Giants for Carlos Beltran, and now Syndergaard as the second player in the Dickey trade, Alderson is following Cashen’s formula of stockpiling power arms. But it was Cashen’s trade of Brooks and three others to the Montreal Expos for Carter in December 1984 that will always go down as the defining trade of his term as general manager because it instantly stamped the Mets as legitimate contenders."

So the R.A. Dickey trade nothing like the Gary Carter trade, at least not from the Mets' perspective.


"It remains to be seen if d’Arnaud will become the All-Star catcher the scouts all seem to think he’s capable of being. But from Alderson’s standpoint, on potential alone, with this deal he was able to maximize Dickey’s trade value. Mets fans can only hope now that history will eventually repeat itself and d’Arnaud turns out to be a cornerstone of a championship team, as Carter did. Then it will truly have been Alderson’s defining trade."

Yes, if d'Arnaud turns out be be a cornerstone of a championship team, as Carter did, then it will truly have been Alderson's defining trade.