Mets GM Offers Trade Update Before Massive Yankees Series
If New York president of baseball operations David Stearns is working on any trades, he's certainly mastered the art of the poker face.
Naturally, the topic of a trade came up when Stearns addressed reporters Wednesday. Fans and pundits alike always like talking trades, especially when the team involved is 28-16 and positioned for a third playoff berth in four years.
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Theoretically, a club 12 games above .500 shouldn't need to radically overhaul their lineup, especially not with perennial MVP candidate Juan Soto finally finding his power stroke.
'I don't see any specific glaring spot on the team right now that maybe we had last year at this time that we feel like we need to be extremely proactive about,' Stearns said.
But?
The New York Mets celebrate an April 2025 victoryWendell Cruz-Imagn Images
'But if there are areas where we feel like we can get better and players available, we're certainly going to make a deal,' Stearns acknowledged.
Although Stearns cited the team's defense as an area he'd like to improve, he also reiterated his belief in the current players.
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In other words, don't expect the Mets to completely overhaul their roster within the next few weeks, not that anyone should have expected that anyway.
Whether or not the Mets need to make any significant trades is another conversation entirely. Soto publicly advocated the team acquire Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcántara last month, though there haven't been any credible reports indicating a deal is on the table.
We feel comfortable saying that the Mets shouldn't need to acquire a first baseman, shortstop, right fielder, or left fielder this deadline. And, if they do, then they have bigger problems than figuring out which Double-A prospect they want to give up.
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