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This is not what the Mets envisioned when they gave Frankie Montas a $34 million contract. Manager Carlos Mendoza announced before Tuesday’s game against the Braves that Montas is out of the rotation and moving to the bullpen. The Mets have not determined who will take his place in the starting rotation on Saturday. He will be available out of …

Frankie Montas is a theory. He has all the underlying skills a modern front office hungers, namely the components of stuff such as velocity and shapes. But a theory does not break out daily. A game does. And when it comes to pitching games — not on a computer printout — Montas’ results infrequently jibe with the theory. And that …