The registers are open. The sale will soon begin.
With less than a month before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, Mets co-interim general manager John Ricco characterized the current trade market as “fairly normal,” while estimating roughly half the league consider their teams buyers.
The Mets are looking to next season, and their recently formed three-man GM team — Ricco, J.P. Ricciardi and Omar Minaya — speak twice a day on conference calls, discussing how best to build for the future.
It will start with a trade. It could end with several more.