3 NY Mets players who could be traded before July 1 even if they aren't deadline sellers

Regardless if they become trade deadline buyers or sellers, the New York Mets may end up making a trade in June. It’s not completely out of the ordinary for teams to buy or sell this early. Last year featured the Boston Red Sox unloading Rafael Devers on the San Francisco Giants. A year later, both teams somehow managed to feel like the loser.

Any major buys or sales will probably take place closer to the August 3rd trade deadline. It would take a tempting offer from someone else or a long losing streak for them to start selling the players with greater value. These, on the fringe of the roster, are a different story.

Three Mets players with June trade potential

1) Mark Vientos

Fans have had it up to here with Mark Vientos. Use your imagination as to how high one’s hand is raised. It doesn’t matter how many flashes of power he may show here and there. We’re at the point where he won’t be the solution at first base and moving on is in the works.

Why trade him before July 1? It’s kind of a similar situation to what the Mets had in 2023 when they went on a trade deadline firesale. Eduardo Escobar was dealt on June 24 to the Los Angeles Angels. The Mets, with Jared Young playing well and Jorge Polanco as a first base option already have two guys who can quickly replace Vientos. Add in prospect Ryan Clifford and even moving Brett Baty over to first base for some chances, there are more than enough players who can have the Mets shopping Vientos early.

2) David Peterson

If the Mets aren’t going to use him as a starter, David Peterson has little reason to stick around. The idea of him as a bulk guy is fine, in theory. It also seems to prevent the Mets from navigating their bullpen more easily. Considering he’s months away from free agency, Peterson should be considered a DFA candidate as well as someone who could get traded.

Some of the same “shiny bag of balls” logic remains with Peterson as it would with Vientos. Neither would fetch the Mets much of a haul with a team maybe buying into Vientos’ power potential and youth while a desperate team in need of some pitching could send the Mets a low-level prospect in hopes they can get some innings, possibly even starts, out of Peterson for a run at the postseason.

3) Cionel Perez

A third lefty in the bullpen for the Mets at the moment, one has to wonder how long Cionel Perez will even last. If he pitches well, things get tricky with fellow southpaws Brooks Raley and A.J. Minter here. A pair of trade candidates themselves, it’s Perez who’d be the early domino to fall.

Out of options relievers signed to minor league contracts who’ve been added to the MLB roster are always suspects to get DFA’d and maybe traded thereafter. What about an improbable yet fascinating situation where Perez is simply traded because he has pitched well enough for the Mets to garner some interest? He’s another “take what you can get” type of player. A lefty reliever will always have value mid-year. Perez for someone’s Double-A Rule 5 eligible fallen prospect would have to feel like a win.

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