The Mets have acquired Baltimore Orioles left-handed reliever Gregory Soto in exchange for pitching prospects Wellington Aracena and Cameron Foster on Friday afternoon.

Both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Baltimore Orioles will likely operate with a sense of urgency in advance of the July 31 trade deadline, but not in the way that many expected they would coming into the season.

And now, they sit 44-54, well out of the AL East race and 8 ½ games out of the last wild card with almost half the American League in between them and a postseason berth. Caesars gives them just +2000 odds to make the playoffs. It looks like they should be selling in front of the trade deadline and that has to worry the fan base.