The two starters who potentially could have changed the quality of this trade deadline are Jacob deGrom and Madison Bumgarner. But one talent evaluator said of deGrom: “The Mets are open to it, but they are not open to it, if you know what I mean. The Mets will listen, but I don’t think anyone could offer enough to make them move him, so it is like they are not really listening.”

As for Bumgarner, Giants GM Bobby Evans told me in a phone interview that he is not moving his ace. Though his team began Tuesday in fourth place in the NL West, 5 1/2 back and just 51-50, Evans said, “We are bent toward helping our current club.”

Evans said he would not dismiss out of hand trading from his bullpen, since lefties Will Smith and Tony Watson would draw particularly strong interest. But he added, “It would be a challenge to give up pieces of the bullpen since that has been the Steady Eddie part of our club.”

Evans said he is hoping the return of third baseman Evan Longoria after being out for six weeks with a broken bone in his left hand will help San Francisco’s defect against lefty pitching, and that perhaps second baseman Joe Panik and starter Jeff Samardzija soon after that will “give us a full team and a chance to see how good we really are.”