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NextImg:Ranking impact of 20 trade deadline deals — with Mets inadvertently boosting NL foe

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Not only are the Mets getting mostly negative results from their trade deadline pickups, they may have inadvertently aided a close playoff pursuer.

In the trade with the Giants — which brought established, excellent set-up man Tyler Rogers for two prospects and reliever José Butto — San Francisco is receiving boosts from Butto and especially super-energetic outfield prospect Drew Gilbert.

The Giants mostly sold at the deadline, but they (and the Reds) cut the deficit vs. the fading Mets to two games in a wild-card race no one saw coming. The Giants have a decidedly Mets flavor — with also Wilmer Flores, Joey Lucchesi, Dominic Smith and even starting pitcher Carson Seymour, who came in the ill-conceived Darin Ruf trade.

Gilbert’s stats aren’t overwhelming in his first MLB foray (.231, three homers), and many consider him a fourth outfielder. Yet, he’s single-handedly brought an infectious enthusiasm with what some describe as lovable nuttiness to a previously stagnant, even struggling San Franscisco club. (Check out the videos of him banging on the dugout railing or being fake-choked by teammate Matt Chapman.)