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The Mets have reached the break-glass portion of the program when it comes to their starting pitching.

It is an emergency when with each passing outing they gain further information that their hoped-for Nos. 1-2 starters, Kodai Senga and Sean Manaea, are not. That Frankie Montas isn’t even a No. 5, much less the playoff-caliber arm they assessed they were signing. That Clay Holmes these days often looks like a weary marathoner at Mile 25. That everyone not named David Peterson forgot that you are allowed to get an out in the sixth inning.

That the veteran depth David Stearns obsessed to create has dissipated, if

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