 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Aguilera akaisa chinyorwa chakafanana gore rakatevera muna 1986 somunhu anotanga nhamba shanu yeMets inokunda chikamu. Mumwaka iwoyo, akapinda mukurwa nemapurisa eHouston kunze kwedisco iyo yakaguma nekusungwa kwete iye chete, asiwo vaaitamba navo Bob Ojeda, Tim Teufel, naDarling, vakazonzi Cooters-gate. Mhosva duku dzaipomerwa Aguilera pakupedzisira dzakabviswa. Muna 1986 postseason, Aguilera akakanda mashanu asina zvibodzwa innings mukununura kurwisa Houston Astros muNLCS. Pasinei ne12.00 ERA muWorld Series, ndiye akanga ari mudonzvo wezvinyorwa muMets inoshamisa Game 6 kukunda kukunda, kuwana kukunda pasinei nokurega kumhanya kaviri kwakapa kutungamira kuBoston kumusoro kwe10th inning. Kukuvadzwa kwakamuregedza kwemakore maviri akatevera, sezvo akaganhurirwa kunotanga 17 muna 1987 uye 3 kutanga muna 1988 nekukuvara kwechiuno kwaida kuvhiyiwa. Nekuda kwekukuvara uye innings nomwe yekubudirira kweimwe-run mu1988 NLCS, Mets yakasarudza kuedza naAguilera semubatsiri. Pashure pokudzokera kuchikwata muna 1989, akachinjwa kuva refu reliever. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asingafari mubasa rakaderera uye akakumbira kutengeswa, Aguilera akabudirira mubasa racho, achienda 66 ne 2.34 ERA, 80 strikeouts uye 7 inodzivirira mumitambo 36. 