Mets’ biggest questions as decision over buying, selling at trade deadline looms

Nypost · Jun 09, 2026 · 178 words · By Mike Puma

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The Mets could have fallen into oblivion on their last road trip after losing the first two games in Seattle last week.

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What happened

The Mets could have fallen into oblivion on their last road trip after losing the first two games in Seattle last week.

Why it matters

And yet, they recovered to win three of four games, bringing at least a measure of optimism to Citi Field as they prepare for the Cardinals and Braves on this homestand.

Common ground

The Mets (29-36) are somehow only five games behind the third wild-card spot in a muddled National League, behind the division leaders.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Kodai Senga, who is scheduled to pitch for Double-A Binghamton on Tuesday”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Kodai Senga was scheduled to pitch for Double-A Binghamton on Tuesday, although he was ultimately scratched from that specific start due to nerve irritation. The fact that he was 'scheduled' for that day is explicitly confirmed by multiple sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... NEW YORK -- Kodai Senga's return to the Mets was interrupted on Tuesday, when he was scratched from his fourth Minor League rehab assignment ...
https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-kodai-senga-scratched-from-reh…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... New York Mets RHP Kodai Senga is scheduled to make a rehab start for Double-A Binghamton on Thursday night against the Somerset Patriots at ...
https://www.facebook.com/RumblePoniesBB/posts/new-york-mets-…

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Claim 2: “they recovered to win three of four games”

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While there are search results mentioning the Mets taking three out of four from the Giants (dated 2026) and other road trip details, there is no evidence provided that specifically corroborates a recent road trip where they won three of four games in the context of the current timeline described in the claims.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 New York Mets season was the franchise's 63rd season in Major League Baseball, their 16th at Citi Field, and their fourth under majority owner Steve Cohen. After a dismal 22–33 start to the s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_New_York_Mets_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Mets are a professional Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in New York City, New York in the borough of Queens. They play in the National League East division. In the history of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Mets_managers

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Claim 3: “The Mets (29-36) are somehow only five games behind the third wild-card spot”

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The evidence provided contains general Wikipedia pages for the Mets and their managers, and general news homepages. There is no specific record of the team's current win-loss record (29-36) or their distance from the wild-card spot in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in Flushing, Queens, New York City. They compete in the East Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) National League (NL). The team…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Mets_seasons

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Claim 4: “losing the first two games in Seattle last week”

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The provided evidence consists of general news homepages (Google News, Fox News, CNN) and general Wikipedia entries about the Mets' seasons and Paul Sewald. There is no specific game data or series result provided in the evidence to confirm or deny that the Mets lost the first two games in Seattle last week.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Mets season was the 64th season of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball, their 17th at Citi Field, their fifth under majority owner Steve Cohen, and their second under manager …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Mets_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul Stanton Sewald (born May 26, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Mets,…
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