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Max Scherzer says the Mets told him 2024 would be a transition year, with eyes on '25 - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Mets Who Could Move at Trade Deadline - Last Word On Baseball
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MLB Power Rankings 2023: Are Astros, Yankees or Mets on top? - ESPN
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Mets trade Justin Verlander to Houston Astros, Tommy Pham to Arizona Diamondbacks and Dominic Leone to Angels - Newsday
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Mets Unable To Overcome Pitching Woes, Lose Series To Struggling Cardinals - Metsmerized Online
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How the Mets turned into a $364 million flop
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The New York Mets Stink, But Their Future Looks Bright
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2023 MLB trade deadline: What to make of Mets, Yankees, more - ESPN
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Tom Seaver's Export to the Reds Still Haunts the Mets - WSJ
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Looking back at the three worst trades in the last decade for the Cardinals - Viva El Birdos
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Mets meltdown: Bad pitching, bad hitting has left playoff hopefuls flailing in Flushing despite record payroll
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New York Mets - Wikipedia
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15 worst St. Louis Cardinals' trades in franchise history
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So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin' True Story of the New York Mets―the Best Worst Team in Sports: Gordon, Devin: 9780062940025: : Books
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Dodgers 5, Mets 1-Shocker, the Mets lose again - Amazin' Avenue