Here’s how the big 4 NY Mets players who left this offseason are doing in 2026

The 2026 New York Mets will go as far as their offseason acquisitions take them. Yes, Francisco Lindor is at the start of his sixth Mets season, but he is an eye-opening outlier on a team of new faces. It'll be up to Bo Bichette, Devin Williams, and others to make this season a success -- the floor of which Mets fans would probably define as an NLCS appearance.

And as the tide of performance from Bichette and David Stearns' other handpicked ballplayers rises and falls, you can be darn sure that Mets fans will be monitoring the production of Pete Alonso and the other ex-Mets as points of comparison.

How the four key Mets players the team moved on from this offseason are doing

Brandon Nimmo, Rangers

Nimmo is hitting leadoff for the Texas Rangers, and he's looking mighty comfortable in the role. The 33-year-old is a torrid 14-for-36 to start the year with a homer and four RBI, amounting to a .389/ .463/ .556/ 1.019 slash line through nine games. If he stays anywhere near this stratosphere for the rest of the season, there will be legions of Mets fans mourning his absence at full volume. Nimmo’s Rangers shot out of a cannon with a 4-1 start, but they’ve since lost four straight.

Jeff McNeil, Athletics

Whereas Nimmo has been on fire with Texas, McNeil has been ice-cold at the plate with the Athletics. He’s 4-for-23 so far (.174/ .269/ .174/ .443) with zero homers, zero extra base hits, and three walks (against eight strikeouts). McNeil has made five starts at second base, and he’s also appeared at first base and right field on the three occasions when he’s pinch hit for the A’s. 

As a starter, McNeil has mostly been batting eighth in the order for the Athletics, who are 3-6 to start the season, having righted the ship slightly since a rocky 1-5 start.

Pete Alonso, Baltimore Orioles

Though not as frigid as McNeil, Alonso hasn’t exactly been inspiring at the plate. The Polar Bear hasn’t found his groove yet in Baltimore. He’s 8-for-35 (.229/ .308/ .343/ .651) with one homer and 13 strikeouts. The Orioles are already digging themselves a hole in the impossibly competitive American League East with a 3-6 record that’s only been outdone in its sadness by the 2-7 Boston Red Sox. Baltimore has lost three straight. Assumedly, both Alonso and O’s as a whole will start turning things around shortly.

Edwin Díaz, Los Angeles Dodgers

Díaz has been as advertised thus far for the defending champs. He’s 3-for-3 on save opportunities. And though he hasn’t been perfect (allowed a run against the Cleveland Guardians in a non-save opportunity), Díaz hasn’t given his haters any ammo yet, unless you want to laugh at his trumpet-fueled entrance song.