Before baseball’s trade deadline passed on Friday afternoon, it was fairly obvious that the Mets’ bullpen needed some help. The Mets, however, decided to make just one trade that day, bringing in Javier Báez and Trevor Williams, the latter of whom the team optioned to Syracuse immediately upon his arrival. But the Mets did not trade for a single relief pitcher.
On Thursday night, the night before the deadline, with the Mets trailing by three runs going into the ninth, Akeem Bostick got the ninth. The soft-tossing righty managed to throw a scoreless inning, but he was designated for assignment the next day.