News

sports

On HALO

1 hour ago

The Last-Place Mets Are In Limbo As The Trade Deadline Fast Approaches

NEW YORK – David Stearns and his Mets are standing on a bridge suspended over fog. Stearns, the team’s president of baseball operations is, for some reason, trusting that the last-place Mets will turn their season around between now and the Aug. 3 trade deadline. Never mind that the Mets have lost eight of their last 13 games and have been inconsistent in all facets of the game. As he has all season, Stearns is determined to allow his roster more time to climb up the NL East and wild-card standings before making any definitive statements about the direction of the Mets. "We're going to continu...