Was this the most irrelevant midseason New York Mets-Yankees trade the two teams ever made?

A disappointing season has turned the Mets into sellers.

All reports have indicated that the New York Yankees are going to add a catcher at some point over the next month.

The politics, the fan backlash, the sheer awkwardness of sending a star player to your biggest rival — it’s the kind of move that front offices rarely have the stomach for. But what if, on paper, it just made sense?

It was not even a week ago -- last Tuesday -- that the baseball vibes in New York were immaculate. The Mets and Yankees were both coming off wins and strong weekends, and sitting atop their division. The Yankees were thriving with suffocating run prevention.

The forgotten New York Yankees first-round pick who became a controversial New York Mets player.

The Bronx Bombers have teamed with Goat USA while the Mets are hosting Eric Emanuel day at Citi Field.

The Braves and Mets kept piling on runs, the Dodgers are the first to 60 wins, the Brewers rallied late, Heliot Ramos had a day, the Yankees struck first and more from Monday's MLB action.