A Blue Jays trade deadline sale makes these NY Mets players less valuable

A team that has teetered on the edge of buy or sell may now have their answer. At 46-56, the Toronto Blue Jays need a Boston Red Soxian winning streak fast to change the narrative. It doesn’t look like they’ll have a repeat of winning the American League Pennant. It’s bad news for Canada as well as the New York Mets.

By becoming a seller, the Blue Jays offer the buyers a lot of what the Mets would. Their trade chips, in some ways, are more intriguing than what the Mets have to give.

Already some doubt about what the Mets could get back for these players, a Blue Jays sale makes these Mets even less valuable.

The Blue Jays selling their expiring contracts hurts the trade value of these Mets

Freddy Peralta

We should all accept the fact nobody is going to knock over a door to acquire Freddy Peralta. Even if they believe in a turnaround, he has been too bad lately for them to sacrifice one of their better prospects or even a bundle of lesser ones. There will definitely be someone who takes a chance on him. However, with innings eater Kevin Gausman on the trade block even in his own imperfect season, the only reason to choose Peralta instead is financial. Peralta is owed the remainder of an $8 million contract while Gausman has whatever is left of a $22 million deal.

Clay Holmes

Gausman will, naturally, make Clay Holmes’ trade value a little less. The same could apply for Shane Bieber. Another guy who has battled through some injuries, his availability on top of on a much smaller scale the sale of Patrick Corbin will create a larger supply for trade deadline buyers to pick from. Holmes’ trade value shouldn’t be hurt too much and at least the Mets have the obvious play of trying to extend him or even making the qualifying offer in the offseason, something they absolutely shouldn’t with Peralta.

Luis Robert Jr.

A big time fielder who doesn’t hit for much average but has decent power is on the trade block. Yes, this applies to Luis Robert Jr. The Blue Jays have their own guy, Daulton Varsho. The left-handed hitting center fielder has close to half of what is owed to Robert for the remainder of the year on his contract and with a left-handed bat vs. Robert’s right-handed one, teams could prefer him for a variety of reasons including the fact he could be the heavier half of a platoon in center field. There are a lot of “ifs” with Robert and not as many with Varsho.

Tyrone Taylor

Varsho’s presence on the trade block makes Tyrone Taylor an even harder sell-off for the Mets. Questionable value already that would probably net them a lower prospect or two, the more defensively gifted players on the trade block, the worse it is for the Mets. Fellow outfielder Myles Straw, who is more like Taylor than Varsho, has an $8 million team option for next season which seems overpriced for the results he gives. Expect him to be in a similar boat as Taylor in the next week and a half.

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