Skip to main content
Rising Apple
FanSided

Predicting the 2027 role for these NY Mets players we’re ready to move on from

Trying to predict roles for Mets players who they should probably move on from.
ByPat Ragazzo
Share on FacebookShare on XShare on Reddit
Google Discover
Aug 31, 2026; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga (34) delivers a pitch during the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Pablo Robles-Imagn Images
Aug 31, 2026; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga (34) delivers a pitch during the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Pablo Robles-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

The New York Mets have a significant amount of returning players who underperformed last season. As a result, we will try to predict their roles for the 2027 campaign, as the Mets look to get back to the postseason for the first time since 2024.

Predicting what happens with these Mets we're ready to move on from

1. Sean Manaea

Beginning with Sean Manaea, the Mets owe him $25 million in the final year of his contract in 2027. Manaea has been brutal since re-signing with the Mets in the 2024-2025 offseason. For that, he will likely start the season as a swingman/long reliever in the bullpen, but we predict that he will struggle and get designated for assignment at some point during the regular season. The Mets must replace his spot in the starting rotation and will likely have to eat the rest of his deal.

2. Kodai Senga

Injuries spoiled Kodai Senga's 2024 and 2025 campaigns, and then he was abysmal as a starter last year. So much so that the Mets moved Senga to the bullpen, where his numbers were a bit better, but overall not good (4.85 ERA as a reliever). According to The Athletic, Senga is drawing trade interest from multiple teams. We predict that the Mets won't be able to trade him and he will instead wind up serving as a reliever this season, despite president of baseball operations David Stearns saying the team is building him up as a starter. Senga has $14 million left on the final guaranteed year of his contract in 2027. He also has a club option for 2028.

3. Mark Vientos

Mark Vientos' days with the Mets appear to be numbered. After a breakout 2024 season and great showing in the playoffs, Vientos has produced a -1.5 bWAR in the last two campaigns combined. He is also a defensive liability at both first base and third base and no longer fits the Mets' roster. If Vientos can get back to producing offensively, he would be a fine everyday DH option. However, my predicition is that the Mets decide to move on from Vientos by non-tendering him this month, making him a free agent.

4. Marcus Semien

Stearns told reporters at GM Meetings earlier in the week that Marcus Semien will have the opportunity to play a lot of second base, but will have to earn his playing time. With multiple top infield prospects on the rise in Mitch Voit and Jefferson Rojas, it doesn't sound like the Mets are going to bring in another second baseman this offseason. We predict that Semien will begin the year as the starting second baseman for the Mets, but that he loses his job to one of the youngsters later in the season after struggling again offensively.

5. Jorge Polanco

Jorge Polanco, who has been pretty injury prone throughout his long MLB career, barely played for the Mets last year due to an ankle issue that resulted in season-ending surgery. Polanco's two-year, $40 million deal is shaping up to be a disaster of a signing. It also wouldn't be wise to count on him being an everyday player for the Mets in 2027. We predict that Polanco has another injury riddled season for the Mets and appears in less than 60 games for the second straight campaign.

Add us as a preferred source on Google
Home/New York Mets News