NY Mets made an early trade deadline call with Luis Torrens his teammate won't get

By extending Luis Torrens, the New York Mets admitted that even if things go south and they’re trade deadline sellers that they won’t be interested in trading him away for some minor league scrub. Sure, they could get something back for a defensively-gifted catcher. It takes one injury on a contending team for them to surrender a worthwhile prospect, even someone not ranked incredibly high, to salvage a position.

Not many teams have a catcher depth chart good enough to survive the loss of a starter. Even those who platoon or have backstops trading off starts would be in the market for a player like Torrens. Not this year. Torrens is staying put.

Another Mets player in a similar spot as Torrens with some of the same qualities won’t be treated the same way. A fantastic defender with some clutch hits but also a ceiling you can bump your head on, Tyrone Taylor is a midseason trade candidate the Mets won’t hold onto for a couple of reasons.

Tyrone Taylor won’t have as much luck as Luis Torrens getting an early pay day

Taylor’s free agency arrives shortly after this year’s World Series. Based on the way this season has started, the Mets won’t be anywhere near. We’re not ready to close the door completely on the possibility. The odds are just stacked against them.

Assuming there’s no holy water in the Gatorade containers in the home dugout at Citi Field, Taylor becomes one of the B-level trade candidates for the Mets this summer. Players like Freddy Peralta, Clay Holmes, and others in the midst of strong starts and no guaranteed deal beyond this year will headline. Players like Taylor, on the other hand, would be solutions for contenders looking to fill out a roster. In some cases, he might be someone a desperate team banks on for more playing time.

Interestingly, a midseason sell-off by the Mets would put them in the catbird seat for the sale of center fielders. Alongside Taylor, Luis Robert Jr. would be someone to trade.

Why no thought of an extension for Taylor? Between Carson Benge, Nick Morabito, and A.J. Ewing, they appear to have more exciting choices for the 2027 season already within the organization. This is a team that has cycled through multiple center fielders on a yearly basis. Taylor can certainly find a place as a fourth/fifth outfielder on a future Mets roster, but an overcrowded list of younger and more affordable options who’d produce similarly should have them, first, trying to gain anything at all.

Taylor has been a good Mets player, taking over the center field job in multiple stretches due to injury or insufficient play. About equal to Torrens from an offensive standpoint and similar in a lot of ways as a defender, the choice of paying Torrens instead has a lot to do with the current internal options.

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