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          Trade grades -- Mets add sizzle with Javier Baez as Cubs' deadline overhaul continues

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          • Bradford Doolittle, ESPN Staff WriterJul 30, 2021, 07:34 PM
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          Bradford Doolittle hands out grades as the New York Mets acquire SS/2B Javier Baez and RHP Trevor Williams from the Chicago Cubs for OF Pete Crow-Armstrong.