3 NY Mets players who are at risk of losing their roster spot

The last few weeks haven’t been too kind to the New York Mets. Since June 13, the Mets have a record of just 5-14. They are tied with the New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins for the most losses in MLB during that stretch. This recent struggle has taken them from 5.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies for the number one spot in the NL East standings to 1.5 games behind first place. The Mets are going to have to make some roster changes sooner rather than later, and these three are at serious risk of losing their Major League roster spot.

1) Brett Baty

Brett Baty looked like he had finally turned a corner. After producing a zero fWAR throughout his first 169 MLB games from 2022 through 2024, Baty ended the month of May batting .250/.293/.474 with a .330 wOBA, and 115 wRC+ throughout his first 124 plate appearances of the season. He hit six home runs with an impressive .224 isolated slugging percentage, and while he still had a mediocre 4.8% BB% and 26.6% K%, it was the most promising stretch of baseball Baty had played in the Major Leagues.

But like with most of the Mets’ roster, Baty didn’t have a good month of June and is off to a poor start in July. His last 92 trips to the dish have yielded a .188/.253/.294 triple-slash. He has only hit a pair of home runs, as his ISO has fallen to just .106. The only positives for Baty are his walk rate and K%. He’s improved both to 8.4% and 23.2%, respectively. 

Baty’s defense has at least been solid. He still has +3 defensive runs saved and +3 outs above average in just 322 innings at the hot corner. For reference, Baty had -9 DRS and -3 OAA in nearly 1300 innings at third base during his first three years in the Major Leagues. Despite playing second base for the first time in the Major Leagues this season, Baty has zero DRS and OAA at the keystone across 170 innings.

While Baty is at least providing good defense at two positions, one of which he is still getting used to, it doesn’t make up for his poor batting. His .543 OPS since the start of June is the tenth lowest among all MLB batters with at least 90 plate appearances.