5 NY Mets players on the 40-man roster next in line to get cut from the team

The non-tender deadline has come and gone. There wasn’t much drama. Two injured pitchers and a guy claimed on waivers a few weeks ago were the ones cut by the New York Mets. This hardly puts a flotation device around the shoulders of everyone else left with the team.

The Mets are bound to make trades and continually DFA players. They’ll have players come in and go out before ever putting on a uniform. That’s the way David Stearns operates.

These five Mets players happened to survive the non-tender deadline mostly because there was no urgency to get rid of them just yet. Upon the addition of new players, these are the five we could see cut from the team.

1) Alex Carrillo

When will the Mets accept that Alex Carrillo just doesn’t have it? Not even able to pitch a single scoreless game this past year in 3 big league attempts, the 28-year-old righty feels like one of those experiments Stearns just won’t let go of. His blow up out of the All-Star Break lingers as one of the turning points of the 2025 season. Not necessarily all his fault, the decision to go with him as the first reliever in the second half remains puzzling.

Plucked from the Independent League in Mexico, he finished with ERAs over 4.00 in Double-A and Triple-A this past year. Walks were plentiful in Syracuse, going up to 7.3 BB/9 by season’s end. Rabid raccoons show more control than he did.

Despite large strikeout totals in the minors, Carrillo doesn’t have the incredible stuff to justify his continued loitering on the 40-man roster. A worthwhile endeavor for the Mets to explore, unsatisfactory MLB results and no significant signs of dominating the minor leagues should have them clearing out space if needed.