He was a Red Sox too.
Yep. The Mets made a huge mistake letting him go.
The following year (1987) he tried a comeback but got knocked around at Tidewater against the Mets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1987/06/12/mets-seaver-hit-hard-in-exhibition-game/c4604f73-e64b-4005-9237-be22252ff124/?utm_term=.785f0c3ab944