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Freddy Peralta pours cold water on extension talks

Mets top baseball executive David Stearns didn’t move Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams just to rent a tuxedo for a weekend. You don’t trade away one of the top-ranked pitching prospects in your system and a dynamic shortstop-outfielder hybrid unless you’re planning on building a permanent wing in the rotation for the guy coming back.

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