The Mets could be buyers at this year's trade deadline.
have spent the last week teetering the .500 mark and are currently 1.5 games back of an NL Wild Card spot. That means they can approach this month’s trade deadline like a team that’s looking to contend in October.
The Mets do have one area of need that has emerged as a glaring area of need in this first half of the season: the bullpen.“Certainly, this is an area of the team we’re going to continue to monitor,” Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns told The Mets’ bullpen struggles were on display in Saturday’s loss to the Astros, during which four arms were used out of the bullpen. That included Reed Garrett and Jake Diekman, both of whom pitched on consecutive days. Afterwards, the Mets optioned starter Tylor Megill and left-handed reliever Danny Young to Triple-A, replacing them with two rested relievers in Tyler Jay and Matt Festa. The thin Mets bullpen — which is missing Edwin Diaz as he serves his 10-game suspension — is back to eight players. The Mets narrowly avoided another bullpen collapse in Monday’s extra innings win over the Nationals. The Mets scored six runs in the top of the 10th, which proved to be a necessary cushion before Jay allowed four runs in the bottom of the inning.Player Mets cut after temper tantrum speaks out Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting us with a subscription. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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