New York Mets Jon Heyman The looming challenge Mets are starting down at trade deadline —outside of one area By Jon Heyman Published June 28, 2026, 8:06 p.m. ET We should be headed pretty soon to that unfortunate portion of the baseball season that happens far too frequently in Flushing. That, unhappily, is selling season.
“The Mets need a complete makeover,” one big-league scout opined to The Post.
That may be so. But it’s hard to see them transforming into a winner based on any upcoming deals.
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Their trading season might actually be like those old Aqueduct flea markets, where it takes a lot of fancy haggling to extract anything of value. The Mets’ wares aren’t exactly in demand — at least not yet.
