Who Could Get Traded This Deadline?

The Mets look just about out of the playoff race before July 1. Harrumph. Naturally, they’ll have some players dealt at the trade deadline (August 3, 6 p.m.), and we’ll poke through those here. But it’s also worth exploring who else could get traded with the deadline about five weeks away. These players could be who the Mets will negotiate against with other teams. Let’s take a look.

The Mets Who Could Get Traded

It’s better to bullet list potential candidates at this point:

• AJ Minter
• Brooks Raley
• Freddy Peralta
• Luke Weaver
• Clay Holmes
• Brett Baty
• Mark Vientos
• Luis Robert Jr.

I ordered these based on my opinion of how likely I think it is they are dealt.

Minter and Raley should be plenty attractive to contenders, and Peralta feels like an obvious deal on an expiring. Holmes, too, though he’d probably need to prove his health in a rehab start before being dealt. The Mets could refrain from a deal with either starter if the return isn’t good enough. Both with get qualifying offers this offseason (if they’re in the next CBA). Weaver would be nice to have for 2027, but will be Mets be able to seriously contend?

Baty, Vientos, and Robert Jr. could be useful in very specific roles on contending teams, but they’re way less likely to be traded.

As far as Bo Bichette, I’m not sure a team would trade for him without the Mets guaranteeing to pay any salary in subsequent years, and I’m not sure the Mets want to do that.

Tarik Skubal

Skubal’s proved his health since stunningly coming back so soon from an elbow procedure. He’s a little rusty, but you could see a team giving up a haul for the two-time Cy Young Award winner.

Willson Contreras

Boston traded for Willson Contreras to bolster their offense, but they forgot to spend any sort of money elsewhere on offense. Contreras is playing great on both sides of the ball, and, despite a recent hot streak, the Red Sox are well on the outside looking in at the playoffs.

George Springer

The Blue Jays are playing sub-.500 baseball, and they could be sellers at the deadline. Despite a down year, Springer could be quite valuable at the deadline with an expiring contract and proven postseason success.

Luis Arraez

The Giants are just as much of a dumpster fire this year as the Mets. Luis Arraez, though, has become a playable defender and is back to his classic Arraez ways on offense.

CJ Abrams

The Nationals are kind of good again after six years of taking a trip through Dante’s nine circles of hell. For the last year-plus, Abrams has been a rumored trade candidate. That may not be the case when they’re playing above-.500 baseball, but you never know.

Antonio Senzatela

The Rockies moved Senzatela to the bullpen this year, and he’s thrived, pitching perhaps the best he has in his major league life. With a 3.07 ERA in 44 innings, he could play great on a contender as a middle reliever.

Joe Ryan

Here’s old friend Joe Ryan again. Teams thought he’d be traded from the Twins last year, but the Twins had other plans. (Those plans seemed to include doing not much of anything to make their team better.) Ryan will be a free agent this year after inevitably declining a mutual option next year, so the Twins ought to get something for him this time around if they’re sellers at the deadline.

Reid Detmers

The Angels fired their general manager, so they probably won’t make any bigger moves this deadline, but Detmers could get them a decent haul to set up the new front office with better prospects. He’s a quality starter stashed away on a team that’s made the playoffs once since 2010.

Taylor Ward

The Orioles traded for Taylor Ward for his power, but he’s gone the opposite direction and focused on his OBP prowess. He’s a free agent this offseason, and the Orioles are sitting eight games under .500 as of publishing. He could be one of the better bats on the market.