The New York Mets are 4-5 since the All-Star break and currently sit 7.5 games back of the NL Wild Card, a position few could have possibly imagined for the team with the highest payroll and most high-profile free agency acquisitions entering 2023.
The under-performing organization figures to be sellers at the August 1 trade deadline and according to Bob Nightingale of USA Today, inter-divisional foes Philadelphia is interested in adding outfielder Tommy Pham.
It would be a perfect fit for the defending National League champion Phillies.
Pham is hitting .271 and has an on-base percentage of .