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Potential Trade Targets to Replace Edwin Díaz

Following star closer Edwin Díaz’s devastating patellar tendon injury at the World Baseball Classic, the Mets are in a predicament regarding their closer situation for the 2023 season. They have a couple of viable in-house options with prior closing experience in Adam Ottavino and David Robertson, but they could use a true replacement from outside the organization to fill his role and...

Mets Potential DH Targets For 2023

Needing to add production from the DH spot in the lineup at the trade deadline, the Mets acquired Daniel Vogelbach and Darin Ruf to platoon in the position. Neither player had been overly dominant in 2022, but both players had strong numbers against pitchers of the opposite hand. The Mets saw the opportunity to possibly get the production of one big bat at a low cost by platooning the two...