Sandy willing to ‘overpay’ for ‘O’

TOMBSTONES are everywhere. The Mets’ offense is dead. There is no hitting help coming in the foreseeable future other than Daniel Murphy.

David Wright remains entombed in California, trying to return from severe back issues. His target date remains unknown. Hello, August?

General manager Sandy Alderson is willing to “overpay’’ in a trade — if there is something worth trading for that could spark a team that is the worst hitting team in the National League with a .235 average and the second worst slugging percentage at .364. Only the Phillies are worse and their manager, Ryne Sandberg, quit Friday. Hang with ’em, Mets. Only another spectacular pitching performance pushed the Mets to victory Friday night as Noah Syndergaard was magnificent for eight innings in a 21 win over the Reds at Citi Field.

“The beautiful thing is that our pitching is so freaking good, they are allowing us to go through this,’’ Michael Cuddyer told The Post of the Mets’ hitting woes. “The other beautiful thing is they are not pointing fingers.’’

Alderson must come up with a creative trade for a hitter. There is too much at stake. This starting pitching can work wonders — with a little help.

“Seven days ago we were 3630 and everything is looking up. A week later, it’s Panic City,’’ Alderson said before the game. “I’m not whistling past the graveyard, either, but we continue to try to improve the team. We’re not sitting on our hands.’’

OK, then find a way to add offense.

After a twoout triple by Dilson Herrera, the Mets got three gift walks in a row in the fifth from Johnny Cueto for the goahead run.

They managed two hits all night.

“We’re going to need more than that on a nightly basis,’’ manager Terry Collins said.

Alderson’s willingness to overpay should have come during the offseason. The same goes for ownership, who should have helped Alderson by loosening the purse strings. That never happened. This is a baseball travesty that the 3837 Mets have wasted such tremendous pitching by being so short on offense.

Now they are calling up TripleA stud Steven Matz for Sunday’s start. More pitching excellence is on the way.

“We’re at a critical point [in the season],’’ Collins said. “You look at who we play in July, it’s critical. We’re play ing all division leading teams in the month of July, you better believe it’s critical. We better pick up the way we play.’’

“Right now it’s a thin [trade] market,’’ Alderson said. “For the time being we need to get the job done with what we have.’’

That means the likes of Lucas Duda, Cuddyer and Curtis Granderson, who led off the bottom of the first with a home run, must produce.

Alderson is going to have to make the most of his one move.

“I’ve talked about having money available at the deadline, but we are not going to be making two, three, four, five moves,’’ he said. “So we have to be somewhat confident what we are going to do here is going to help us.’’ One magic move. “We’re not looking at somebody who is going to be a starter for us the rest of the season necessarily but it has to be somebody who fits that we think can actually help us either shortterm or a little bit longerterm,’’ he noted. “I’m prepared to overpay, but there has to be something to overpay for. What we have to remember is that it is not even July 1.’’

This offense is dead right now.

“In all my years of doing this I haven’t seen an entire team slump like we have slumped in the last seven days,’’ Collins said before Granderson’s home run and Herrera’s triple. “Somebody has got to lead the way.’’

Nothing is working.

“We put seven hitandruns on in the road trip, and we didn’t put one ball in play,’’ Collins said. Around here, everyone is swinging and missing, but the Mets snuck away with a win Friday night simply because their young starting pitching was out of this world, again.

Get ’em some help.