Insider lists injured Rangers ace as Mets top trade deadline fit. New York has been linked to several starting pitchers on teams who will likely be sellers at the deadl

That the Mets are asking this much out of their leverage relievers, each in back-to-back appearances no less, in early July spells out what has become clearer and clearer this past week. The Mets cannot afford to wait until the trade deadline to make a move.