When the New York Mets’ universe woke up on Friday, it did so with the news that talks with the Pittsburgh Pirates for center fielder Starling Marte were “intensifying” and that a deal could be struck before spring training.
That, according to GM Brodie Van Wagenen, is apparently no longer the case now. The executive put water to the rumors. It is evident that negotiations with the Pirates are not going anywhere despite constant communications.
“We don’t want to disrupt what we have, the chemistry that I spoke of. We have a culture where people buy into one another and they believe they can pick each other up.