WASHINGTON — The Mets’ 7-3 win over the Nationals on Monday mattered as much as any other game, and it came with the fun context of Max Scherzer facing (and beating) his former team in his former home for just the second time. But really it was just a warm-up for the main event.
Tuesday is poised to be, if not the biggest day of the Mets’ season, maybe the most eventful. Like every other team, they have until the 6 p.m. trade deadline to make the deal(s) they desire for the playoff push. Unlike every other team, they are getting Jacob deGrom — pitching his first game in more than a year — back at 7 p.m.
On Deadline-and-deGrom Eve, Mets players were trying to strike a careful balance: interest in both of those things while trying to keep their cliche one-day-at-a-time blinders on.
