Starling Marte traded to Diamondbacks as Mets chase ends

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The Mets will have to go outside of Pittsburgh if they plan on improving their outfield this offseason.

The Pirates traded Starling Marte to the Diamondbacks on Monday for top prospects Brennan Malone and Liover Peguero, The Athletic first reported. The Mets had been linked to Marte for most of the offseason with Brandon Nimmo thought to be in the middle of any potential trade.

But Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen said on Friday that he was content with the makeup of the team’s current roster.

“We don’t want to disrupt what we have. We do have the chemistry. … We have a culture where people buy into one another and believe they can pick each other up,” Van Wagenen said. “I don’t see a deal…