Overview
- The Mets entered the All‑Star break in mid‑July with a 40–57 record and FanGraphs projecting roughly a 0.8% chance to reach the playoffs, turning the trade deadline into the season’s defining moment.
- Former GM Steve Phillips publicly urged a broad sell‑off, saying on July 15 he would be willing to trade nearly every veteran to acquire prospects or reshape the roster.
- Reporting identifies clear trade candidates — Freddy Peralta, Luke Weaver and several high‑leverage relievers such as A.J. Minter, Brooks Raley, Clay Holmes and Devin Williams — with interest driven by expiring contracts, controllability and the market demand for relievers.
- Juan Soto and top young prospects like Carson Benge, A.J. Ewing and Nolan McLean are widely viewed as untouchable, while a growing group of rookies (Christian Scott, Zach Thornton and others) offers the Mets a foundation for 2027.
- President David Stearns has not committed publicly to selling and faces a consequential choice at the deadline that will shape roster construction, the upcoming offseason and the franchise’s short‑term competitiveness.