Mets don't make deadline deal

It's official: the Mets did nothing at the Trading Deadline.

General manager Omar Minaya said he was in quite a few discussions to improve the team's bullpen today, but nothing materialized. The Mets targeted a group of top-flight relievers, but the price of those players remained too high. And they had chances to acquire a mid-level reliever, but Minaya didn't see that as enough of an improvement over what they already have.

"We talked to some teams, but we really, at the end, there was no name guy there that was a difference-maker," Minaya said.

Minaya said that the Mets would likely still try to swing a waiver deal in the coming weeks, and that many of their top prospects -- Fernando Martinez, Jon Niese, Eddie Kunz and Bobby Parnell included -- would "definitely" factor into the mix down the stretch. None of those players were truly untouchable during trade negotiations, but none of them went anywhere, either. That should tell you the direction in which the Mets are trying to go with their farm system.

--Anthony DiComo