Even if the Mets were open to a big move right now, it would not be easy to enact because no club wants to send a message of surrender to its fan base before a game has been played.
PORT ST. LUCIE — Mets general manager Billy Eppler made his first call to the Cubs about David Robertson last April. The reliever wasn’t traded until the actual deadline, Aug. 2, to the NL East, though he went to the Phillies.
As the 2015 season began, the Braves traded elite closer Craig Kimbrel to the Padres. But that was out of desperation to dump salary in combination with the star-collecting fervor of A.J. Preller in his first year as San Diego’s GM., it would not be easy to enact because, as a few executives I asked noted, no club wants to send a message of surrender to its fan base before a game has been played by trading its closer.
What also should not be dismissed is the analytic leanings of the Mets front office. The numbers show that it is hard to score multiple runs in an inning, so teams like the Mets think more relievers can handle even late-inning responsibility than is generally perceived.
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