There couldn’t be a more appropriate time to revisit these past New York Mets rumors. The Mets and Cincinnati Reds are playing while Edwin Diaz’s brother Alexis Diaz sits on the waiver wire trying to figure out what’s next. A 7.80 ERA combined with the two teams in 15 innings of work, Diaz wobbled last season but this year has fallen completely off the map. The Mets-Reds trade for Alexis Diaz that never happenedAccording to the NY Post’s Jon Heyman, Francisco Alvarez was the desired “non-starter” target. A well-known “almost” deal between the Mets and Reds took place in the summer of 2016 when Jay Bruce came to Queens.