Mets unlikely to trade for relief help

ST. LOUIS — If the Mets’ scuffling bullpen is to improve down the stretch, the club will need it to improve from within. The team is no longer seriously pursuing bullpen arms from outside the organization, according to a person with knowledge of the club’s thinking.

While the Mets have spent months scouring the market for right-handed relief pitchers, they wound up focusing their non-waiver Trade Deadline efforts on outfielder Jay Bruce and lefty pitcher Jonathon Niese, instead. Shortly after that Deadline passed, the Mets spoke publicly about their interest in a right-handed reliever, spending the next few weeks looking into that …

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