The Mets need to make some deals, or do they?

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Groups in first place, particularly these clinging to a division lead that had been rather more substantial a month in the past, ought to improve on the commerce deadline.

Groups in first place, particularly ones run by Steve Cohen, whose internet value Forbes estimates round $16 billion, ought to improve on the commerce deadline.

Groups in first place which have a practical shot at making a run to the World Sequence ought to improve on the commerce deadline.

So why isn’t the Mets’ commerce deadline the clear-cut choice it ought to be?