Mets baseball president David Stearns is right to admit their deadline didn’t go as hoped . It wasn’t good, but what made it worse was the rival Phillies acquiring the very two players that would have helped the Mets most: reliever Jhoan Duran and center fielder Harrison Bader, both from the Twins.

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The Mets never got close on Duran, as the Phillies were in pretty early with the offer of two generally well-regarded prospects — Eduardo Tait (the 19-year-old catcher, ranked No. 53 overall) and Mick Abel (the right-handed starter and former first-rounder), and the Mets made little to no effort for Bader.

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