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If everyone’s for sale, these teams should probably call the Mets

By Brad Berreman

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 08: Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets in action against the New York Yankees at Citi Field on June 8, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mets 4-1. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 08: Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets in action against the New York Yankees at Citi Field on June 8, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mets 4-1. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /
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The New York Mets are going into sell-mode already, and these five teams make sense as potential trade partners.

After going 17-9 through the end of April, the New York Mets have quickly faded to 31-39 and 11 games out in the NL East entering Wednesday’s action. Injuries have been a factor, but it’s clear the good start was a bit of a fluke.

With roughly six weeks to go before the non-waiver trade deadline, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic has reported the Mets are “open for business.” MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo contradicted that a bit, suggesting the Mets will take a bit more time to evaluate their situation, and a current three-game winning streak may be postponing thoughts of a trade deadline fire sale. In any case, the Mets are in clear position to sell unless they can really start to make a lot of hay in the division and Wild Card races.

The Mets have a group of younger, controllable players they’d surely like to keep, mixed with veterans with fewer committed years attached who should be desirable to contending teams.

The Mets are apparently listening to trade offers to some degree, and these five teams make sense as business partners.

Mandatory Credit: David Dennis-Getty Images
Mandatory Credit: David Dennis-Getty Images /

5. San Francisco Giants

The Giants survived Madison Bumgarner’s early season absence, as they are 4.5 games back in the NL West and the NL Wild Card races going into Wednesday. But they are 12th in the senior circuit in runs per game (4.16), with a mostly average offense otherwise, and now third baseman Evan Longoria (hand) is out for the next 6-8 weeks.

The Giants are also thin in the starting rotation right now, with Johnny Cueto (elbow) and Jeff Samardzija (shoulder) working their way back from injury. Even when those guys return to the mound, adding another arm to the rotation should remain an option.

San Francisco should have interest in multiple players on the Mets’ roster. Todd Frazier, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Jay Bruce, Seth Lugo, Robert Gsellman, Jose Bautista and maybe even Yoenis Cespedes stand out in particular.

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