Every trade between the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets and the Washington Nationals have made 34 deals with each other since 1968, 7 of them sales. The most recent, on Apr 16, 2026: New York Mets traded LHP Richard Lovelady to Washington Nationals for cash. The first on file, on Oct 16, 1968: The Montreal Expos purchased Don Bosch from the New York Mets.

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Trades between the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals
Date	Deal
Apr 16, 2026	New York Mets traded LHP Richard Lovelady to Washington Nationals for cash.
Jul 28, 2024	New York Mets traded RHP Tyler Stuart to Washington Nationals for LF Jesse Winker.
Feb 12, 2018	The Washington Nationals purchased Matt Reynolds from the New York Mets.
Mar 30, 2015	The New York Mets traded Matt den Dekker to the Washington Nationals for Jerry Blevins.
Aug 6, 2009	The New York Mets traded Greg Veloz to the Washington Nationals for Anderson Hernández.
Aug 17, 2008	The New York Mets traded Anderson Hernández to the Washington Nationals for Luis Ayala.
Nov 30, 2007	The New York Mets traded Lastings Milledge to the Washington Nationals for Ryan Church and Brian Schneider.
Apr 5, 2002	The Montreal Expos traded Scott Strickland, Phil Seibel and Matt Watson to the New York Mets for Bruce Chen, Dicky Gonzalez, Luis Figueroa and Saúl Rivera.
Mar 24, 2002	The Montreal Expos traded Jason Bay and Jimmy Serrano to the New York Mets for Lou Collier.
Mar 28, 1997	The New York Mets purchased Barry Manuel from the Montreal Expos.
Jun 8, 1995	The Montreal Expos traded Reid Cornelius to the New York Mets for David Segui.
Apr 2, 1992	The Montreal Expos traded Rob Katzaroff to the New York Mets for Doug Simons.
Dec 9, 1991	The Montreal Expos traded Jeff Barry to the New York Mets for Blaine Beatty.
Jul 15, 1991	The Montreal Expos traded Tim Burke to the New York Mets for Ron Darling and Mike Thomas.
Apr 2, 1991	The Montreal Expos traded Terrel Hansen and Dave Sommer to the New York Mets for Darren Reed and Alex Diaz.
Mar 28, 1989	The Montreal Expos traded Mark Bailey and Tom O'Malley to the New York Mets for Steve Frey.
Apr 5, 1986	The Montreal Expos traded Doug Frobel to the New York Mets for Rodger Cole and Joe Graves.
Dec 10, 1984	The Montreal Expos traded Gary Carter to the New York Mets for Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, Herm Winningham and Floyd Youmans.
Jan 31, 1983	The Montreal Expos traded Bob Baldrick to the New York Mets for Tom Dixon.
Aug 4, 1982	The Montreal Expos traded Tom Gorman to the New York Mets for Joel Youngblood.
Dec 11, 1981	The Montreal Expos traded Steve Ratzer to the New York Mets for Frank Taveras.
May 29, 1981	The Montreal Expos traded Ellis Valentine to the New York Mets for Jeff Reardon and Dan Norman.
Aug 30, 1979	The Montreal Expos purchased Dale Murray from the New York Mets.
Jul 21, 1976	The Montreal Expos traded Jim Dwyer and Pepe Mangual to the New York Mets for Del Unser and Wayne Garrett.
May 29, 1974	The New York Mets purchased Jim Lyttle from the Montreal Expos.
Jul 1, 1972	In a 3-team trade, the Montreal Expos sent Dave McDonald to the New York Mets; the New York Yankees sent Tommie Sheppard to the Montreal Expos.(3 clubs)
Apr 5, 1972	The Montreal Expos traded Rusty Staub to the New York Mets for Ken Singleton, Mike Jorgensen and Tim Foli.
Dec 3, 1971	The Montreal Expos traded Jim Gosger to the New York Mets for Curtis Brown, Billy Carthel, Don Koonce and Arsenio Diaz.
Oct 20, 1971	The Montreal Expos purchased Ron Taylor from the New York Mets.
Jun 16, 1971	The Montreal Expos traded Jimy Williams to the New York Mets for Tony Canzano.
Mar 31, 1971	The Montreal Expos traded Don Hahn to the New York Mets for Ron Swoboda and Rich Hacker.
Apr 6, 1970	The Montreal Expos purchased Tom Robson from the New York Mets.
Jun 15, 1969	The Montreal Expos traded Donn Clendenon to the New York Mets for Steve Renko, Kevin Collins, Jay Carden, David Colon and Terry Dailey.
Oct 16, 1968	The Montreal Expos purchased Don Bosch from the New York Mets.

Trades and sales between the two franchises under every name they have had. To May 2022 from Retrosheet, since then from MLB's transaction feed. The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org.