Ronny Mauricio is powering his way off of the NY Mets trade block

Ronny Mauricio is certainly a speculative trade candidate on the New York Mets roster. Used sparingly in the latter part of the season, David Stearns explained the preference was to keep his final minor league option. 

This could mean one of two things. Either the Mets have intention of stashing him in the minors or having the flexibility to demote him if needed in 2025 or they wanted one extra incentive for other teams to trade for him. Far from proven at the major league level, he’s a guy you can justify taking a chance on in either regard as long as you have the parachute to send him to Triple-A.

Two years after an ACL injury in the Winter League, Mauricio is back at it looking to get as many at-bats as possible. Two games in, Mauricio has a pair of home runs including a walk-off on Sunday.

Ronny Mauricio is upping his trade value while making it tougher for the Mets to trade him

Will Mauricio be the make or break of any offseason Mets trade? He can be a major difference maker for the Mets as soon as the 2026 season. He could also become quickly forgotten or unusable. Based on the way the Mets have been timid about trading many of their prospects, him in particular through several regimes, keeping him feels the more logical choice barring him being overvalued by another team.

Mauricio hit .226 in the regular season while getting manhandled from the right-side of the plate against lefties. Just 3 for 36 against them, he performed like a platoon player but fortunately the heavier side of one because at least he’s hitting well against the more common righties. Mauricio hit .265/.336/.447 against them.

Growing into a power hitter has been one of the more pleasant parts of watching Mauricio develop. He hit 7 home runs in his first two professional seasons. Upon hitting 20 in 2021, he kicked off the first of three straight years of topping 20. He wasn’t able to play at all in 2024. Limited due to injury and riding the pine last year, we didn’t see him put up those familiar power totals either.

Trade him or keep? The early dominance might entice other ball clubs. If so, great. Amazingly only 24, his continued growth and potential ability to be a solution on the infield with pop is too impressive to give up on him for anything short of putting your team in a position to win a championship.