The New York Mets didn’t show a whole lot of creativity at the trade deadline. None of their moves were completely unexpected. They needed bullpen arms. They needed a center fielder. All of the boxes were crossed off.
An argument could be made they should have added a starting pitcher. One could say Cedric Mullins wasn’t the only bat to onboard. A whole different argument and easy one to make because there’s always a case to ask a team to make themselves as good as possible, the real debate comes in about what they should have subtracted.
Unknowingly, the Seattle Mariners showed the Mets what they should have done.