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The New York Mets face a dilemma ahead of the August 1st MLB trade deadline. The team is currently under .500 and 7.5 games out of a wild card spot in the National League. They are close enough to try and make a push in the second half of the season. But is it worth adding when the chances of making that push look rather slim?
Whether the Mets decide to add at the deadline remains to be seen. However, the team certainly didn't look like a playoff team on Sunday. Starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco lasted just 2.1 innings, giving up 10 hits and five runs as New York fell 6-1 to the Boston Red Sox.
After the game, Carassco spoke to the media about his start. He didn't exactly mince words regarding his performance on the mound in Boston. “I don’t know,” Carrasco said, via Newsday writer Tim Healey. “I just went out there and threw strikes. And they got me. There’s nothing that I can do about it.”
Adam Duvall got the party started for the Red Sox in the first inning with an RBI single. After a quiet second inning, the Red Sox certainly came alive in the third. Boston scored four runs on seven hits and chased Carrasco from the game.
Francisco Lindor put the Mets on the board with an RBI single of his own. However, Rafael Devers hit a 413-foot bomb to right center field for Boston's sixth and final run of the game.
Though the Mets don't seem down inside the clubhouse, their place in the standings is rather grim. New York's record dropped to 46-53 on Sunday, and they are now a whopping 18.5 games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves in the National League East.
