The Baseball Crank shares his ideas on how the Mets should approach the trading deadline.

As a result, perhaps the best posture for the Mets entering the deadline is to listen to offers - I wouldn't hesitate to deal any of those three guys - but not feel the need to trade them. In other words, rather than letting the desire to win now panic you, use it to convince people they need to make it worth your while to drop out of the race.

I remember hearing once that if two Samuri faced off against each other, the first one to move lost. (I can't vouch for the accuracy of that statement. I think I heard it on thirtysomething.) It's time for the Mets to be the Samuri that doesn't move.