When reliever Addison Reed learned he was being traded from Arizona to the Mets, he was ecstatic. Not only was he leaving a losing team to join a pennant race, but he simply couldn’t wait to pitch with whatzisname and that other guy.
“To be 100 percent honest with you, I’ve never followed the Mets or even paid attention to them up until about 30 hours ago,” Reed said Monday before the Mets topped the Phillies 3-1 at Citi Field. “Obviously with [television], you know what they’re doing this year and that there’s something special going on here.