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Assistant GM John Ricco to suitors: Mets 'very unlikely' to trade core young pitcher

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Teams are asking just to make sure. But no, the New York Mets' young aces are not available in trade talks.

"Just in case, they want to hear it from us that we're probably not moving them," assistant John Ricco said Wednesday at the general manager meetings. "And 'very unlikely' is what we've been telling them."

Of course, Zack Wheeler is never included in that off-limits group with Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz.

Still, Ricco said: "Personally, I'd put him in that mix.