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“To be honest with you, I feel like every year besides last year I’m in trade talks,” Vientos told The Athletic on Monday. “It’s the same thing. I don’t really care. All I’m really focused on is just getting better. That’s it.”

The New York Mets adding a reliever could result in a surprising reliever, Huascar Brazoban, getting sent down.

The New York Mets are reportedly "considering" Baltimore Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins and Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. ahead of Thursday's MLB trade deadline, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post.

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is 6 p.m. ET this coming Thursday, July 31, and the action is beginning to pick up. This past weekend we saw Josh Naylor go to the Mariners and Ryan McMahon go to the Yankees,

Bednar broke a two-month streak of not allowing an earned run on Monday night, but still picked up his 17th save of the season. Meanwhile, Santana owns a 1.39 ERA and minuscule 0.84 WHIP in 45 1/3 innings.

The fireworks came early in San Diego after questionable strike calls drew the ire of Juan Soto, leading to Carlos Mendoza 's ejection Before the game, the skipper spoke about Paul Blackburn 's next steps in his rehab and the young Mets' contributions