I’m very glad I’ve been slow to write about trades this season. The deal reported between the Mets and Brewers didn’t happen.

In what will go down as one of the more surreal nights in the history of the Mets, who have had many strange things happen to them in their 53 years of existence, a deal that was widely, if briefly, reported by various news organizations, including The New York Times, collapsed after it had already been confirmed by various people in baseball, including a high-ranking team executive who spoke to The Times.

Baseball deals are not considered official until any medical issues concerning the players involved have been reviewed by the teams making the trade. Normally, that is a formality, but in this instance questions were apparently raised that caused either the Mets or Brewers to ultimately back out of the deal.

People seem to be jumping the gun a bit this season, or insiders are leaking the news a little early. Until the deals are completed, consider everything rumors.