MIAMI — It had been more than two weeks since Addison Reed last recorded a save before he got the final three outs of the Mets’ 6-3 win over the Marlins on Thursday night. He hopes it’s not his last.
For Reed — and others — to stick around beyond next month’s non-waiver trading deadline, the Mets likely need to win. A lot.
“Absolutely,” Reed said. “But you can’t put more pressure on yourself just because you’ve dug yourselves a hole.”
Reed will be a free agent following the season, which is why he is among the names tossed around as potential trade candidates.
“I definitely want to stay here,’’ he said after pitching a scoreless ninth. “I think they know that. It’s not under my control. … There’s no telling what will happen. There could be four guys traded [Friday] or no guys traded until the offseason. It’s too much stress to think about.”
Following the four-game sweep at the hands of the Dodgers in Los Angeles last week, it seemed only a matter of time before those deals would begin to go down.
Reed insisted he didn’t believe that was the case.
“When we got done with that Dodgers series, everyone was saying we’re in sell mode,” Reed said. “Everybody on the outside was panicking. There wasn’t one guy in here that was freaking out about anything they heard or read. Nobody was changing the way they went about their business on the field or in the clubhouse.”
The team responded with a three-game sweep of the Giants and then won two of three in Miami to at least stabilize the season.
“Things are starting to click,” Reed said. “I think it’s purely coincidence that we started to click after people said we were gonna be sellers and all the other talk.”
Of course, they have a long way to go before anyone considers the Mets legitimate playoff contenders — and Reed could very well end up elsewhere by the end of July.
And that’s something he’s prepared for.
“I’ve been traded twice before,” said Reed, who was shipped from the White Sox to the Diamondbacks after the 2013 season and then was sent to the Mets in August 2015. “I know what it’s like. I know the business of the game. I know it can happen. In today’s game, nobody stays on the same team their whole career — especially as a reliever.”
Potential free agents such as Reed, Jay Bruce, Curtis Granderson, Lucas Duda and Asdrubal Cabrera will continue to be talked about until the deadline — and perhaps beyond.
“I remember the first time I got traded, it was kind of a shock,” Reed said. “If I’m ever traded again, when I’m traded, whatever it may be, it’s not gonna be a surprise. I know it happens. I’ve seen people come and go. It’s part of the business.”