LAS VEGAS — The Mets could use an ace for their rotation, but for now president of baseball operations David Stearns is just trying to size up the inventory .

“I don’t know how many true No. 1 starters are available right now,” Stearns said Tuesday at the general managers meetings. “I don’t know how many are actually going to be traded. I don’t know how many are truly available in free agency. But you would always like to find that top of the rotation guy.”

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It’s a dance Stearns performed last season before the trade deadline, when the Mets were unable to land a clear rotation upgrade and stood pat

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