With the trade deadline approaching, Boomer and Gio wonder if the Mets front office is split on how to handle the current state of the team, as New York continues to climb above .500 and further into a Wild Card spot.
Both Boomer and Gio wonder if David Stears would prefer to be building for a more sustainable run of contention in the future, and if the team’s hot streak is complicating his plans.
“David Stearns is a loner. He is a guy who is basically detached,” Boomer said. “He watches from afar. He’s not a very engaging guy. He’s more of an analytical guy…one of the reasons the Brewers were so successful under his tutelage is because he was ruthless.
“I know one thing, from the people I have talked to who worked with him, he is not a guy who is going to mortgage the future of the franchise…I just don’t see him turning around and trading any of those highly-rated prospects to get a top relief pitcher. It’s just not going to happen.”
According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, Cohen wants to see this version of the Mets achieve “autumn glory,” which could sway his deadline desires. Perhaps the two might disagree. But regardless, Boomer and Gio agree that the team’s recent stretch means that, at the very least, there won’t be any notable subtractions like there were last summer.
“What it really means is that they’re not subtracting,” Gio said. “They’re not trading Pete Alonso at the deadline unless they go on some horrible losing streak out of the break, which we don’t expect.”