Latest NY Mets rumors set a clear deadline for the team to get back in the hunt

From out of Chicago come the latest New York Mets rumors nobody signed up for. According to Bruce Levine of 670 The Score, the Chicago Cubs have ideas of reuniting Freddy Peralta with Craig Counsell.

Levine did later backtrack completely, adding some lack of clarity to the situation.

The Cubs were possibly the last team the Milwaukee Brewers wanted to trade Peralta to. NL Central rivals both trying to compete this year, neither would be willing to take the risk of falling flat on their faces.

Short a rotation arm due to several injuries, the Cubs are in a place where adding Peralta is now reasonable. The Mets are tied with the worst record in the NL while Chicago is tied for the best. A deadline allegedly set for June 1 for the Mets to turn things around, it might be a little too ambitious to believe they’ll actually fall far enough out of the NL Wild Card race in the next three weeks to actually pull the plug on the year by trading Peralta.

Could the Mets really trade Freddy Peralta as early as June?

This year’s MLB trade deadline is August 3. As close as they can get is how far they should push off this decision. Sure, if things aren’t looking up on July 25, start selling Peralta. Do it on his bobblehead night.

A big June trade where the Mets are merely selling would be an unprecedented and premature move by the organization. Last year’s June 15 trade of Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants was a bit different. The Boston Red Sox were a game over .500 and the Giants were 10 games above even. Devers was a disgruntled player on a never-ending contract. That heavily-dissected trade wasn’t your average deadline deal.

If recent Mets history has taught us anything, June 1 is way too soon to give up. It was right around that time in 2024 when the Mets began to play better baseball and rattle off wins. 

What we can believe is the Cubs have some early interest in Peralta. But anything they’d sell the Mets right now probably wouldn’t do much to help out in Queens. This is a pure star-quality pitcher for prospects type of move. 

David Stearns should expect a phone call from Jed Hoyer with every Mets loss. Des Moines, Knoxville, South Bend, and Myrtle Beach better have hotel rooms available for Mets scouts to take a look at the Cubs minor leaguers.

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