THE ALOMAR TRADE JUST GOT BETTER: Fragile prospect Alex Escobar, the key player given up by the Mets to acquire Roberto Alomar from the Indians, is out for the season with a knee injury. Sometimes subsequent events make you look smart. (Considering Escobar's injury history, this development is much less surprising than it'd be for another player, so some of it was real smarts on the Mets' part.)