At the trade deadline, the Mets knew they needed to upgrade their offense in a big way in order to stay in first place down the stretch and compete for the postseason. To do so, they’d have to make several moves to change the dynamic of the offense and the bench, much like they did in 2015.
However, the Mets didn’t make several moves. They instead made one splashy move and hoped that would be enough. With Francisco Lindor out with an oblique injury, the Mets traded top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong for Javier Báez from the Cubs.