Rising Apple
FanSided

3 nightmare scenarios for the NY Mets at 2025 trade deadline

Check under the bed, in the closet, and in the basement.
ByTim Boyle|
Philadelphia Phillies v New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies v New York Mets | Kent J. Edwards/GettyImages
1 of 3

It’s Friday the 25th, not 13th. In fact, if you come from a family that loves holidays, you may be celebrating Christmas in July today. Baseball fans are more focused on the upcoming trade deadline. Less than a week away, New York Mets fans are on edge. How involved will David Stearns get and wheeling and dealing?

There are definitely some dream scenarios for the Mets to partake in. What about the exact opposite? Nightmare fueled, disheartening, and maybe even a little enraging, these are three nightmare scenarios the Mets could experience at the trade deadline.

1) The Mets trade the wrong infielder

It’s feeling likely the Mets will subtract from their young infield surplus. They held onto Brett Baty, Ronny Mauricio, and Mark Vientos for years and gave each an opportunity to prove themselves in the majors. Luisangel Acuna joined them two years ago and now faces the same uncertain future. Will he end up flipped in a brand new trade two years into his Mets tenure?

There is a lot to consider when it comes to these four. Team control, minor league options, other players who could replace them behind in the minors etc. are the sensible yet non-flashy thoughts. Performance on the field is the more present thought. It’s an overload of information. Mathematically a 25% chance of trading the best of the four, it’s far more complicated.

Who the Mets could get for each is the most important part of deciding. There is a strike against each of them. Acuna seems to have the weakest upside with the bat. Baty has had the most chances without an extended strong performance. There’s Mauricio who may just end up as a waste of another team’s time, already owning a single minor league option. Finally, we have Vientos who is probably going to end up at first base if not playing as a DH with a questionable bat.

In this nightmare, we might know immediately our teeth have fallen out. There’s another possibility where we don’t realize we went to school without any pants on until a few years later.

Home/New York Mets News