The week had started to feel familiar in the wrong ways. Missed opportunities. Negotiations that never quite got off the ground. A roster with obvious holes and not much movement to fill them. Then, early Saturday morning, the New York Mets finally broke the silence, agreeing to terms with infielder Jorge Polanco, a move that doesn’t solve everything but does bring clarity to one of the team’s most pressing questions.

According to Will Sammon of The Athletic, Polanco will sign a two-year, $40 million deal after coming off a strong season with the Seattle Mariners. It was the kind of addition the Mets badly needed. Not a splash designed to dominate headlines, but a calculated move aimed at stabilizing a lineup that lost its emotional and statistical anchor at first base when Pete Alonso wa

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