NY Mets Monday Morning GM: The 4 trade candidates who never left are raising doubts

The New York Mets ripped apart the roster this past offseason and many fans have and will continue to point at those changes as a reason as to why they don’t win a championship; unless they do.

At 7-9 and the losers of 5 straight at home, the only feeling to have with this team is nausea. They haven’t been competitive. The offense has been absent. The defense, sloppy. Pitching has been good yet wasted.

The big talking points about the Mets have a lot to do with who they let leave and who they added. Jeff McNeil hitting like Tony Gwynn over the weekend and Luke Weaver pitching like 2025 Ryan Helsley is sure to have fans talking. We’re constantly comparing the players the Mets added against the ones they let go. What about the trade candidates they ended up keeping around?

The four big Mets trade candidates they never dealt are playing pretty lousy lately

Kodai Senga had one bad start on Saturday and the concern level for him isn’t extreme. Still, to see him evaporate so early in a game creates enough of a worry. Who’s to say the two starts to begin the year weren’t an outlier? Whether you're worried about Senga or not, there are three others who'll raise red flags for him.

Meanwhile, David Peterson is doing his best to get Sean Manaea back into the rotation. He has been horrendous his last two times out. His first appearance didn’t include a run. It was still unimpressive with Pittsburgh Pirates players all over the bases.

The two young players discussed in trade talks, Brett Baty and Mark Vientos, aren’t doing much at all. Each had a suitable start, Vientos riding on a white horse when playing time finally increased. Lately, he’s as bad as anyone. Baty is 4 for his last 19 while Vientos is 0 for 17. He has struck out 5 times and hasn’t drawn a walk.

From series-to-series, these thoughts can change. We can’t say the Mets were “wrong” for not trading any of these four in the offseason as we don’t know fully what teams were offering. Other than the Chicago White Sox choosing Luisangel Acuna instead of Vientos for Luis Robert Jr., it’s anyone’s guess.

The Mets let several core players leave in free agency and traded away others. These additional trade candidates remain and they’ve been some of the weakest links on the roster.

There’s a good split of who the Mets let go vs. who they added in terms of success and failure. Across the board, the ones speculated about to be available in trades are 0 for 4.