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MLB rumors: New York Mets won’t give up prospects at trade deadline

While the Mets may need to make some moves in order to save their season and make the postseason, general manager Billy Eppler made it very clear that the franchise will not mortgage its future to compete in the present.

“Same approach [as last year],” Eppler told members of the media during a wide-ranging session. “Last year we were not particularly willing to part with the top-level talent.”

That says all you need to know about the Mets, who could well get a boost from owner Steve Cohen’s message he will deliver before Wednesday’s game. New York (36-43 on the season) spent all offseason on a spending spree because it needed veterans to go along with the few younger players (Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez included) who could be used from a farm system that had been depleted through trades by the previous administration in Queens. New York ranked 11th in MLB’s farm system rankings heading into the season, with Baty and Alvarez two off the key reasons why. With those two players now in Queens, New York will likely make sure it tries to rebuild its farm system rather than completely draining it.

Could the Mets be a seller? We’ll know more after Cohen’s message and the games for New York before the All-Star break.