NEW YORK -- The conversation drifted every which direction -- from veterans who might be available for trade, to Cuban free agent Yulieski Gourriel, to the Mets' own cadre of injured players and back again. For more than 18 minutes Tuesday, general manager Sandy Alderson stood in front of television cameras and tape recorders, answering question after question. Nearly all of them hinted at the same sort of thing.
With their offense in pieces, the Mets are going to have to do something.
"Our lineup is what it is because that's what we have," manager Terry Collins said after the Mets dropped a 4-0 game to the Pirates, suffering their sixth shutout in 63 games.