Mets trade rumors we could see the team revisit this summer

Mets trade rumors with the Reds are another possibility

There are some teams out there that could become major trade deadline sellers. The Cincinnati Reds, despite having some good talent, is one of them.

A couple of different players on Cincinnati have been linked to the Mets at some point during the offseason. Starting pitchers Sonny Gray and Luis Castillo are the two who make a living throwing a baseball. Eugenio Suarez is the one we know best for his bat.

It might take a devastating injury or a huge underperformance for the Mets to sell anything for Gray or Castillo. The latter would have a much more significant asking price. Not much will change in this regard even if he’s pitching poorly. And if so, why would we even want to revisit those Mets trade rumors?

Gray does seem possible yet unlikely. The Mets have starting pitching depth. When Noah Syndergaard returns, they may have a ridiculous amount of it.

In Suarez’s case, it’s somewhat similar to Bryant. Unless the Mets honestly believe they can get more out of him than Davis, he’s probably a player we won’t see in home dugout in Flushing anytime soon.

The Reds, seemingly hoping for the best this year while prepared to go into fire sale mode if all goes wrong, are one of many teams the Mets can pluck away talent from this July. These are just three of the names we could see appear in future Mets trade rumors. I expect there to be others.

Mets may have to wait until midseason to dump a high-salary reliever

The club hasn’t been focused only on adding to the roster. The Mets have also been looking to dump some salary. Specifically, it’s the contracts Jeurys Familia and Dellin Betances have coming their way.

I’m not confident they will get their opportunity in the middle of the year. Stranger things have happened. In the right deal, someone might be willing to buy and eat up the remainder of the contract. After all, both expire post-2021.

Mets trade rumors involving Familia and Betances aren’t the most fascinating for a couple of reasons. Nobody gets very excited about the idea of subtracting “dead weight” from the franchise. That’s essentially all any trade involving this pair would involve.

These two both enter the year with major question marks. Maybe the most likely scenario where we do see either traded is if the team performs poorly and they don’t. It’s tough to imagine the Mets are below .500 in July but have a good bullpen. The complete opposite is far more possible.

For a positive spin, maybe trading one of these two involves a salary dump in the opposite direction as well. This can turn out well for New York.

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I’ll remain cautiously optimistic for now and instead hope these two perform up to their contracts.