Mets general manager Jordan Murray Jersey Brodie Van Wagenen admitted New York's chances of being a contender this season are slim.The new GM entered the season with high hopes going as far as telling the rest of the NL East to "come get us" back in January.Van Wagenen backtracked those comments Friday, saying, They came and got us.WhileVan Wagenen declared the Mets aren't giving up on this season, he said his franchise has changed its approach to the trade deadline."As we look to the future, the trade deadline is coming up," he said (). "I think we have to face our reality, to some degree, about where we are in the standings. We are going to be open-minded, we are going to be thoughtful and measured in terms of what we do as we approach Jack Doyle Jersey the deadline, all with the eyes on trying to improve this club."Van Wagenen said he thinksJacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard will remain with theMets after the July 31 deadline, thoughZack Wheeler and Todd Frazier could be traded as they are soon-to-be free agents."Significant volume, lots of dialogue and an overwhelming amount of incoming calls," Van Wagenen Chris Reed Jersey said. "To the extent that theyre serious, I think thats hard to define, but I think theres real interest in our players and we have to be thoughtful on what we do with that interest."Mets managerMickey Callaway also addre sed the team's trade deadline approach, saying: "You have to have conversations, obviously.""Were always going to tell guys whats going on. I think thats the easy part,"Callaway said on Friday."The hard part is to understand that weve got to Julian Blackmon Jersey win more games or else some of our teammates are Xavier Rhodes Jersey going to be gone. Thats the hard part, in trying to get guys to accept that and not put too umuch pre sure on themselves to perform for their teammates sake, so we dont lose those guys."Van Wagenen said the Mets' will take more of an underdog approach moving forward and try to prove others wrong."In the second half of the year, I think we have low expectations for what we can be," Van Wagenen said, "and I think now we'll take the underdog role and run with it and try to prove some people wrong this year and certainly try to improve upon it next year with that underdog in mind."The Mets enter Saturday's game against the Marlins with a 40-51 T Y Hilton T Shirts record, putting them14 1/2 games behind the NL East-leading Braves and fourth in the division. Related Articles