The hardest sell for the Mets baseball operations department leading up to the trade deadline is not persuading suitors to make substantial offers for Edwin Diaz and Noah Syndergaard. It will be convincing ownership to accept such a deal if it reaches a level perceived acceptable.
Teams pursuing particularly Syndergaard describe the Mets as, in the words of one executive, “listening more” to what could be acquired. But the dynamic portrayed also is that Brodie Van Wagenen and his staff do not want to present anything to ownership until it is overwhelming enough that the Wilpons might say yes.