The MLB trade deadline is officially two weeks away. Where has the time gone? Our children are learning new skills. Dinner has gotten cold. There’s a Dear John letter from the wife explaining how lonely she has felt all month because you’ve spent way too many long nights reviewing center field defensive statistics to try to justify keeping Tyrone Taylor around. This is the shared experience of many New York Mets fans in July, hungry for a championship.
Bigger than the MLB Winter Meetings, the strict deadline of a cease fire on July 31 will have Mets fans speculating over the next two weeks about who should stay and who should go.