Mets GM Sandy Alderson spoke to reporters at Citi Field before the game on Monday and said that it’s unlikely that the team will add a starting pitcher or position player and that their focus is on adding a bullpen arm before the trade deadline.
“I think realistically, the bullpen is the area we can get someone,” Alderson said. “I enjoy sizzle as much as anybody. But you have to be realistic.”
Alderson also said that other teams have been asking for the team’s top prospects, but he is unwilling to deal them, according to one report from Newsday’s Laura Albanese.
Without mentioning Jonathan Lucroy by name, Sandy said that a rumored deal for a prominent player was “dead on arrival.”
Still a week to go before the deadline, a lot can still change.
