San Diego president of baseball operations A.J. Preller made a huge push for Miller, as is his wont, and the A’s viewed the Mets as the “most serious” option beyond the Padres, per The Athletic. The Mets and A’s reportedly had “very serious” conversation, but the sides did not gain traction and the Amazin’s pivoted in different directions.

The New York Mets were one of the teams pushing to trade for Mason Miller at the trade deadline, and insider Ken Rosenthal explained why it fell through.