Just because, for example, Noah Syndergaard is one of the better pitchers on the market does not mean his ERA is reassuring, and just because teammate Edwin Diaz throws 98 doesn't mean he's not bringing his Mets issues with him, and just because nobody really believed the San Francisco Giants had this in them doesn't mean it's not really happening, which means Farhan Zaidi's rebuild may have to wait a couple of months. Does the new guy really want to be the one to tell people about the long road ahead? A couple of days out, speculation that a single deadline — August's waiver deadline is gone — might encourage more aggressive dealing has not proven quite accurate.