The Mets will enter play this evening with a major-league worst 5.00 ERA out of their bullpen, but as long as they hang around in the playoff race, we should probably get used to them being connected to every relief pitcher on the market.

According to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News, the Mets recently called the Padres to inquire about closer Huston Street. With the Padres sitting in last place in the National League West, Street is a logical candidate to be moved in advance of the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.

New York would be an interesting destination for Street, as he previously called current Mets bench coach and former Athletics manager Bob Geren “my least favorite person I have ever encountered in sports from age 6 to 27.” But their history shouldn’t stand in the way of a potential deal.

Street, 28, has a 1.42 ERA and 24/6 K/BB ratio over 19 innings this season and is a perfect 11-for-11 in save opportunities. He is still owed roughly half of his $7.5 million salary for this season while his contract includes a $500,000 buyout on a $9 million mutual option for 2013.

There’s nothing to indicate that a deal is close and other names figure to come up in the days ahead, including Oakland’s Grant Balfour and Houston’s Brett Myers.