As David Robertson was dealt to the Marlins right as the Mets were finishing off a win over the Nationals, the reality began to set in the clubhouse that the team with the highest payroll in MLB history would be trade deadline sellers.
“It’s not a complete surprise,” Brandon Nimmo said. “You knew this was possible…that’s never an easy pill to swallow, but you can’t sit here and say you were completely blindsided by it. You had to know there was a possibility. You were just hoping we could do enough in this last week and a half or so to give it a shot and see what we could do in the last few months. But they’ve kind of made it clear the direction we’re going in.”
The sentiment around the clubhouse seemed to echo Nimmo’s as a disappointing reality, but not one that came as a complete shock.
“I think we were all expecting it at some point,” Mark Canha said. “Not surprising, still hurts though…We probably should have played better earlier if we wanted to be buyers instead of sellers.”
Robertson, by far the team’s best bullpen arm, now joins a division rival, though his parting words were still one of belief in his now former teammates, though it seems as if the front office has now waved the white flag on the season.
"Listen, the season's not over,” Robertson said. “Things can turn around. There's a ton of talent in this clubhouse. We just weren't able to put it together.”
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