The Yankees and Mets have a lot in common as they enter the season’s second Subway Series.
Both teams are in wild-card position .The funny thing about it is that the Yankees, who are 7 ¹/₂ games to the better, are the ones who appear to need significantly more assistance.Over the last month, the Mets played like a fringe playoff team, which is a lot better than the Yankees, who have plain stunk. The Yankees are 10-20 since their slide started, which is better than only the White Sox, the punching bags of the South Side who are challenging the historic 1962 Mets.
While the Mets are only three games over .500, their deadline goal should be extraordinarily simple. First let’s dispense with the idea they will become a big seller and trade Pete Alonso. That’s insanity. The players worked their way into this position for a team in the biggest market with the richest owner. If they sell now, they should move to Des Moines. Anyway, I doubt they will.
The Mets can consider right field if they like , and if they want to get cute, they could even trade from their rotation stash oncehe was a year ago, as Mike Puma suggested weeks ago. But their lone pressing need remains obvious: they must bolster a bullpen that’s mostly moved to the season injured list , the temporarily injured list or low-leverage situations .
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