Look at how much attention the Mets gave Tom Glavine when he won his 300th game back in '07. Going back to 1983, the Mets re-acquired Tom Seaver and left him Unprotected in the free-agent compensation draft. He was only 27 wins away from 300 and he was picked up by the White Sox. If that were today the Mets would milk those 27 wins for every dollar they could get.  There would be a huge countdown board, etc.