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New York Mets traded Toby Borland to the Boston Red Sox for Ricky Trlicek on May 12, 1997.

New York Mets traded Lindsay Gulin to the Seattle Mariners for Rick Wilkins on May 12, 1998.

New York Mets signed free agent Tom Wilson on May 12, 2004.

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