Here’s the spending spree Mets need to justify this trade deadline

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So they’re really going to do this? The Mets, who could infuse their ailing roster with depth and talent by selling high on Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler — and doing the same this winter with Noah Syndergaard if he can stay healthy through August and September — will stick to (and with) their guns as Tuesday afternoon’s non-waivers trade deadline passes by? It looked quite feasible on Monday, and The Post has sympathy for the Mets’ reluctance to blow up their starting rotation after they worked and waited so long to see it come together and excel. Yet if they go this way, they must add an essential companion step in order to justify such a short-term approach: Emulate the Dodgers.

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