Mets appearing to double down on a failed strategy

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The most important valuation for the Mets is not of Jacob deGrom or Noah Syndergaard, it is of the New York Mets, circa now (not to be confused with circus now, which is what it too often feels like around this franchise). If the Mets believe they have the core of a high-level contender, then you retain deGrom and Syndergaard, max out the obvious trade candidates between now and 4 p.m. on July 31 and reassemble in Port St. Lucie next February ready to go for it. — that if Yoenis Cespedes were only healthy and Jay Bruce were performing at more of a career norm and Michael Conforto would not have regressed, then even now, after a 3-0 loss to the Rays on Sunday, they would be in the scrum with the Braves, Nationals and Phillies atop the NL East.

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