The trade deadline is less than a week away. It’s impossible to know who’s going to be buying and selling this year. The New York Mets play seven games in five days before the deadline. They could rip off a seven-game losing streak and be out of the playoff picture, or win seven in a row and be first in the NL East. Such is life in a 60-game season.
As things stand, as of this writing, the Mets are in the thick of the playoff race. Entering Tuesday, they’re just three games out of the NL East lead, 1.