So the full Mets thinking on acquiring Marcus Stroman will not be known until Wednesday at 4 p.m. when the deadline arrives and the full array of what the organization was trying to accomplish will be more overt.

But here is what the Mets have shared with others — they want to win now and they want to win next year and they still believe in the overall team.

Their thinking is that they are sure to lose Zack Wheeler, probably in a trade in the next few days and, if not, after the season in free agency. Stroman gives the Mets the ability to replace Wheeler for the rest of this season and next at a cost with which the Mets are comfortable (about $12 million in his final arbitration year).

This does not preclude the Mets from still trading Noah Syndergaard and Edwin Diaz before this deadline. But it shows the team’s thinking, which is even those trades will be designed to not fully eliminate the shot at the wild card this year and must include pieces that will help no later than next season.

The Mets decision-makers have decided the team grossly under-achieved in the first half and that they are better than their 50-55 record. They have won four straight games and have 10 coming against the terrible White Sox, Pirates and Marlins. They have not surrendered the idea that they can at least play meaningful games in September, a long-held minimum hope for Fred Wilpon, and possibly still sneak into the postseason.

That is why they were willing to give up two of their better pitching prospects, Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods Richardson, for Stroman. The projections see Kay as more a back-end starter. The Mets perceive that Woods Richardson can be far more than that, but that he is 18, at Low-A and years away. And, again, the Mets are still prioritizing now.

So they landed Stroman. Which gives them options. Keep all the pitching and go for it. Trade just Wheeler and go for it. Trade Syndergaard and/or Diaz and get enough now pieces as part of the package to not surrender 2019, and especially 2020.

All the permutations lead to one place: The Mets think they are a good team, now and for next year, and want to try to win in this window, not play the long game.