Mets beat Padres for another series win as they ‘create a little excitement’

If only the Mets’ season began at the trade deadline. One day it’s the bats carrying them, and another it’s a starting pitcher or rebuilt bullpen. It’s created at least something of a murmur for a team buried in the postseason race. “I think it’s fun for the fans, right?” Mets owner Steve Cohen said Wednesday before his team’s 4-2 victory over the Padres at Citi Field. “It’s creating a little excitement and hopefully it will carry through to the end of the year and give us good feeling into next year.” The series victory was the fourth in the five the Mets have played since the Aug. 3 deadline. Overall, the Mets are 11-4 over that stretch. Even so, the improved play hasn’t produced dramatic headway in the NL wild-card race, where the Mets are 10 games behind for the final spot. The Mets we