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The New York Mets acquired shortstop prospect Luisangel Acuna in exchange for Max Scherzer in a trade with the Texas Rangers on Sunday.

The 2023 trade deadline offered some clues as to who could be available in the offseason. Here are three names to keep an eye on.

Max Scherzer never anticipated being traded from the New York Mets, and said the sentiment in their clubhouse was that the underachieving team that had expected to contend for a World Series title this year would reload for 2024. Scherzer instead found out the Mets were shifting their focus past that date — until after his contract expires. The three-time Cy Young Award winner waived his no-trade clause to be dealt to the Texas Rangers after conversations with New York general manager B...

The Mets will not look like a World Series contender next year without their co-aces, and apparently possess no plans to chase almost all the big free-agent pitchers who will hit the market this winter.

Outfielder Tommy Pham was dealt to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for shortstop prospect Jeremy Rodriguez, the team announced Tuesday. Righty reliever Dominic Leone got traded to the Los Angeles Angels. The team also announced the acquisitions of right-handed pitcher Phil Bickford and left-handed pitcher Adam Kolarek from the Los Angeles Dodgers...

KANSAS CITY— The Mets don’ t want to rebuild and they don’ t want to spend years at the bottom of the standings in order to acquire prospects. But they also don’ t see a path to contention this or year or next, so in order to get those coveted prospects, the Mets had to sell. GM Billy Eppler is confident the Mets can turn things around in a span of two to three years.

Josh Walker, who had just entered the game, balked before even throwing a pitch to Michael Massey in the 10th inning and the Mets lost, 7-6.

Given his production in New York, Alonso is headed for the largest contract the Mets have ever given a homegrown player.

KANSAS CITY— Justin Verlander is going back to the Houston Astros. The Mets have traded the right-hander back to Houston hours ahead of Tuesday’ s 6 p.m. ET trade deadline, as well as outfielder Tommy Pham and right-handed reliever Dominic Leone minutes before the cutoff.. Leone went to the Los Angeles Angels for minor league infielder Jeremiah Jackson, the...

Mets owner Steve Cohen was trying to convey some semblance of promise for next season, while preparing fans for what could be a lean few years.