Looking for late-inning help in the bullpen, the New York Mets have agreed to a trade with Arizona that would send reliever Addison Reed to the NL East leaders, according to a person familiar with the deal. Multiple reports indicated the Diamondbacks would receive two minor leaguers from the Mets. Trying to reach the playoffs for the first time in nine years, the Mets acquired setup man Tyler Clippard and left-hander Eric O'Flaherty in separate trades with Oakland this summer.
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