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season when the Mets eventually pull the trigger on a deal to trade Addison Reed. He will likely take over Reed’s role as closer until Jeurys Familia returns from surgery to have a blood clot removed from his shoulder.

“They haven’t laid out anything. I am just focusing on wherever I pitch to get outs, to do my job. I can’t control any of that stuff,” Ramos said. “With the trade stuff, I made sure to focus on my routine and what I had to do that day. Same thing here. My name is called to pitch, I am going to go ahead and go out there and do the best job I can .... All the other stuff will figure itself out. Just focusing on today and see how it goes.”

To make room on the 25-man roster, the Mets designated lefthander Josh Edgin for assignment before Sunday’s game, leading to speculation he could be part of a packaged deal. York, however, for further review.

“It’s better, you know, when that happened, I feel it, but when I come inside here, I can’t even move my arm. That was very painful. Right now, it’s still sore, but it’s better than before,” Reyes said. “(A break) was kinda my concern. I can’t move my finger, at that point, I was very scared about that. When we did the X-ray, nothing is broke, so that’s the good news.”

Reyes said he will get treatment on the arm Monday, the Mets’ scheduled off day, and “will see” if he will be available to play on Tuesday in the series opener against the Rockies.

SEATTLE — Asdrubal Cabrera came into the clubhouse after a postgame meal and did a double take. He watched all the reporters huddled around Jay Bruce’s locker, trying to listen as he walked by. The infielder finally called over a member of the Mets staff and was reassured that Bruce had not been traded — yet.

The final hours before Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline have been strange around the Mets clubhouse. While the younger players say it’s odd to be in a position where their team is selling off for the first time in their career, guys like Cabrera and Bruce, whom the Mets have been shopping around, are trying to play it cool and casual.

Still, they are sensitive to every mention they get in trade rumors.

With the Mets having an off day in Denver on Monday, however, Bruce admitted that it would be hard down the stretch.

“I’ll probably check more than I should, especially with how readily available (trade rumors are) these days,” said the Mets right fielder. “There are so many baseless rumors these days, it’s tough and it really doesn’t do you any good. So yeah we’ll see what happens. There’s nothing to do, enjoy an off day in Denver, and see where it takes me after that.”

Bruce, who has basically been on the trade block since the Mets picked up his option last November, has done his part. He went 1-for-3 Sunday and is hitting .263 with 27 home runs and 72 RBI. Addison Reed has converted 19 of 21 save opportunities this season and put himself in the category of one of the more sought-after relievers on the market right now. Cabrera, who all but demanded a trade after the Mets moved him out of shortstop last month, has done his best to go along with the Mets’ plans to market him as a versatile infielder.

Now, they have to wait and see if Mets GM Sandy Alderson can pull off some moves in the final hours before Monday’s 4 p.m. deadline that would send them on to greener pastures and help the Mets’ rebuild in 2018.

“There’s nothing I can do,” Cabrera said. “I am not waiting around to find out. If something happens, it happens.”

Alderson, whose normal operating procedure is to wait until the last minute to try and “win” every deal, according to a rival GM, needs to make some moves before this season is over. This deadline would not be the only chance. He can still make trades in August if he can get players through waivers.

But this weekend basically reaffirmed the obvious. Alderson needs to get an early start on rebuilding the 2018 team. They lost two out of three to the Mariners, dropped to 4-5 on the road trip and now face the Rockies and Dodgers for the next six games.

They are not in any shape to think about 2017 anymore.

With their lethargic 9-1 loss to the Mariners Sunday afternoon, the Mets dropped to seven games below .500, 48-55, and 11 games back in the race for a wild card berth. They are just 9-8 coming out of the All-Star break.

Bruce said this is not where he thought he’d be standing at the end of July, surrounded by reporters wishing him well if he happened to get dealt in the next 24 hours.

“Obviously things have kind of derailed our season a little bit,” Bruce said. “Mostly injuries. Coming in here the beginning of the year at spring training, I thought we were World Series contenders.

“I think that it’s part of the game, the team has to figure out how they want to approach the future,” Bruce said. “They have to do things that are going to impact 2018 on a positive note. It is tough, I wanted to be part of a run, just like 2015 gave us.” ither way, the Mets roster next week will most likely look different than it did on Sunday. Top prospects Amed Rosario and Dominic Smith are expected to make their major league debut within the next week, according to Mets sources, and they also expect Alderson will make at least one more move before Monday’s deadline.

But right now, Bruce, Cabrera and Reed have to go through the hardest part: the final hours of waiting.

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