MLB insider's list of NY Mets players who shouldn't be traded omits Francisco Lindor

We can definitely expect mistakes from MLB insiders. It’s what keeps getting Bob Nightengale clicks. Jon Heyman, on the other hand, is a little more hit or miss with some of his takes or information. Since coming to the NY Post, he has been more focused on the New York Mets than he was at any other stop along his journalistic journey.

Ahead of Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Braves, Heyman made a note of the players the Mets can’t possibly consider trading. He left out one notable name.

Did Jon Heyman just insinuate the Mets should trade Francisco Lindor?

Heyman later clarified this was no intentional slap at Lindor. Instead, he suggested the Mets should consider anything.

The idea of trading Lindoris a fascinating one. He has been a top 10 MVP finisher in each of the last four seasons, this year breaking the streak. The runner-up in 2024 as his closest shot, Heyman’s tight relationship with Juan Soto’s agent Scott Boras makes this seems as if it is indeed a little bit of a jab Lindor’s way.

The relationship between Lindor and Soto became newsworthy again last week when Steve Cohen brought it up out of the blue in a podcast interview with Heyman and Joel Sherman. As reporters dove deeper, we came away with confirmation they had some trouble gelling last year. All is apparently copacetic in 2026 between the two.

Fans of other teams are already piecing together trade ideas to alleviate the Mets of Lindor’s contract while dumping their own bad ones on Steve Cohen. Xander Bogaerts plus (a) prospect(s) was one suggestion.

A $34.1 million AAV over the next five seasons makes Lindor pricey yet not necessarily overpaid if he stays healthy and produces at the level he consistently has from 2022-2025. Moving off of him would be a huge change of direction for the Mets. It seems more like the type of move they should have made this past offseason in a situation where maybe it’s him, not Brandon Nimmo, whose salary they shed.

Lindor trade speculation isn’t going away anytime soon. And it goes beyond how he and Soto aren’t even best buds. Lindor is bound to decline eventually and with the way David Stearns has operated, it would make sense to field offers. Do the Mets get any bites? For the exact same reasons the Mets would maybe want to trade Lindor, others wouldn’t want to.

Often a divisive player throughout his New York tenure, there will be those who want him gone and those who’ll defend him to the ends of the earth. Intentional or not, Heyman reminded us whose corner he’s in.

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