The 35-year-old spent the 2022 season in the Mets rotation, going 15-9 with a 3.42 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 167 strikeouts in 181.2 innings, and that earned him a three-year, $63 million contract from the Toronto Blue Jays in free agency.

He is making $22 million this season with a matching $22 million salary for next year, so the Blue Jays would have to eat a significant chunk of that salary to facilitate a trade, but they could be headed for a significant retooling of their own at the deadline.

It's an outside-the-box approach, but if they can find a way to get the money to work for both sides, Bassitt is a known commodity in Queens.