Put it this way, even if the Mets just had as good a do-over day as the Yankees did: The Yankees still had a much better Trade Deadline than a year ago, when if they’d brought in better reinforcements — even in a lesser market than this one — they might have won their first World Series since 2009. Which sometimes feels like 1909 to Yankee fans.

When the dust settled after one of the busiest and dizziest trade deadlines of recent memory, both Brian Cashman and David Stearns emerged with significantly improved teams even if they were