Mets Roster Central: AFTERMATH!

There are a thesaurus of words to describe the Mets' effort yesterday — harrowing, ghastly, appalling, alarming, heinous, scandalous, and biotoxic are only some.  Alone, none suffice.  Together ... well, we're getting there.

We knew there'd be changes to the roster by today.  What we get is more than the cynical heart suspected (everything is fine, nothing to see here), but far less than the angry heart may have demanded (a mass exile).

Everything is not fine, but everything does continue.

Transactions, 6/24/2026

GOING	NEUTRAL	COMING
Designated for Assignment	Transferred from Rotation	Ended Rehab Assignment, Activated from Injured List	Ended Rehab Assignment, Activated from Injured List, Demoted to Syracuse
Infielders	Relief Pitchers	Infielders
Zack Short	Kodai Senga	Francisco Lindor	Ronny Mauricio
R/R DoB: 34848 High Level: MLB (2026)	L/R DoB: 1993-01-30 High Level: MLB (2026)	S/R DoB: 1993-11-14 High Level: MLB (2026)	S/R DoB: 2001-04-04 High Level: MLB (2026)

Yesterday's Game Two was so bad that it is almost easy to forget how very bad Game One was also.  But Game One came with the virtue of the assumption that the cavalry was on its way between games.  Whatever horror the fates and Cubs conspired to bestow (and bestow they did), Francisco Lindor was expected to be activated between games, Zack Short  to end his second Mets tenure and maybe Ronny Mauricio and Tyrone Taylor.  As bad as things are, these were never really the Mets without LIndor, we could tell ourselves.

It's a child's denial, but a tiny echo of it resounded through many a reasoning adult's head.  (You have to hang your hat on something, right?) 

Short checks out with a .250 OPS in 9 plate appearances in his second Mets go-around, an actual step down from the .384 in 12 plate appearances he filed in 2024.  Such is the unlikely but all too true level of failure on the 2026 Mets.

At least Short's leaving opened a door for Jose Iglesias and an enormous turnaround in 2024, right?  RIGHT?

You have to hang your hat on something.

Beyond that, the day's dealings included an announcement that Kodai Senga — who has shown promise in short bursts, and calamity in longer ones — is bullpen bound.  By the end of the day, the Mets would be down to three starting pitchers.

Transactions, 6/25/2026

GOING			COMING
Traded to CHC for Cole Mathis	Demoted to Syracuse	Placed on 10-Day Injured List with Left Hip Flexor Strain	Promoted from Syracuse
Starting Pitchers	Relief Pitchers	Infielders	Relief Pitchers
David Peterson	Jonathan Pintaro	Marcus Semien	Daniel Duarte
L/L DoB: 1995-09-03 High Level: MLB (2026)	R/R DoB: 1997-11-07 High Level: MLB (2026)	R/R DoB: 1990-09-17 High Level: MLB (2026)	R/R DoB: 1996-12-04 High Level: MLB (2026)
COMING
Sent to St. Lucie on Rehab Assignment	Acquired from CHC for David Peterson, Assigned to Brooklyn	Promoted from Syracuse
Relief Pitchers	Infielders
Dedniel Núñez	Cole Mathis	Ronny Mauricio
R/R DoB: 1996-06-05 High Level: MLB (2026)	R/R DoB: 2003-07-25 High Level: A+ (2026)	S/R DoB: 2001-04-04 High Level: MLB (2026)

The other starting pitcher shed is David Peterson, dean of the Mets staff, and now the third former Mets first-round draft choice to join the 2026 Cubs.  The Mets have a history of sending senior staffers who have outlived their current utility Cubward — Aaron Heilman and Ed Lynch come to mind.  One only hopes that Cole Mathis brings back some small part of the value the Cubs swindled the Mets of in the person of Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Not bloody likely?  Again, you have to hang your hat on something.

Jonathan Pintaro is unsurprisingly swapped again for Daniel Duarte, who will perhaps soon risk a near perfect line in 2026 by pitching mopup innings in some future misbegotten game as desultory moods plague his team and fans.

Or maybe not.  Hats must hang.  Hang they must.

Take, for instance, the launching of Dedniel Núñez upon the 2026 season.  Steady Deddy last pitched on July 2 of 2025 before getting sentenced to a year in Tommy Johnville, and now he has completed his sentence a week early.  Them's good news, right?

Hats and hopes.  They've got to hang somewhere.

Your 2026 New York Mets

	Starting Pitchers				Relief Pitchers		Relief Pitchers
	Sean Manaea	Nolan McLean	Freddy Peralta		Huascar Brazobán	Daniel Duarte
	R/L DoB: 1992-02-01	R/R DoB: 2001-07-24	R/R DoB: 2996-06-04		R/R DoB: 1989-10-15	R/R DoB: 1996-12-04
Relief Pitchers
A.J. Minter	Tobias Myers	Cionel Pérez	Brooks Raley	Kodai Senga	Austin Warren	Luke Weaver
L/L DoB: 1993-09-02	R/R DoB: 1998-08-05	R/L DoB: 35176	L/L DoB: 1988-06-29	L/R DoB: 1993-01-30	R/R DoB: 1996-02-05	R/R DoB: 1993-08-21
Relief Pitchers	Catchers		Infielders
Devin Williams	Francisco Alvarez	Luís Torrens	Bo Bichette	Brett Baty	Francisco Lindor	Ronny Mauricio
R/R DoB: 1994-09-21	R/R DoB: 2001-11-01	R/R DoB: 1996-05-02	R/R DoB: 1998-03-05	L/R DoB: 1999-11-13	S/R DoB: 1993-11-14	S/R DoB: 2001-04-04
Infielders		Outfielders
Mark Vientos	Eric Wagaman	Carson Benge	A.J. Ewing	MJ Melendez	Juan Soto	Jared Young
R/R DoB: 1993-12-11	R/R DoB: 1997-08-14	L/R DoB: 2003-01-20	L/R DoB: 2004-08-10	L/R DoB: 1993-11-29	L/L DoB: 1998-10-25	L/R DoB: 1995-07-09

Also on 40-Player Roster

Starting Pitchers					Relief Pitchers
Clay Holmes	Tylor Megill	Christian Scott	Zach Thornton	Jonah Tong	Alex Carrillo	Reed Garrett
R/R DoB: 1993-03-27	R/R DoB: 1995-07-28	R/R DoB: 1999-06-15	L/L DoB: 2002-01-17	R/R DoB: 2003-06-19	R/R DoB: 1997-06-06	R/R DoB: 1993-01-02
Relief Pitchers					Catchers	Infielders
Joey Gerber	Joey Gerber	Justin Hagenman	Dedniel Núñez	Dylan Ross	Hayden Senger	Francisco Lindor
R/R DoB: 1997-05-03	R/R DoB: 1997-05-03	R/R DoB: 1996-10-07	R/R DoB: 1996-06-05	R/R DoB: 2000-09-01	R/R DoB: 1997-04-03	S/R DoB: 1993-11-14
Infielders		Outfielders
Marcus Semien	Jorge Polanco	Nick Morabito	Jared Oliva	Luis Robert, Jr.	Tyrone Taylor
R/R DoB: 1990-09-17	S/R DoB: 1999-11-13	R/R DoB: 2003-05-07	R/R DoB: 1995-11-27	R/R DoB: 1997-08-03	R/R DoB: 1994-01-22

Designated for Assignment

Infielders

Zack Short

R/R DoB: 34848

Your Mets Coaching Staff

Manager	Bench Coach	Pitching Coach	Hitting Coord.	Third Base Coach	First Base Coach	Bullpen Coach	Ass't Pitch. Coach
Carlos Mendoza	Kai Correa	Justin Willard	Jeff Albert	Tim Leiper	Gilbert Gomez	José Rosado	Dan McKinney
DoB: 1979-11-27	DoB: 1989-07-14	DoB: 1990-09-09	DoB: 1992-08-16	DoB: 1996-07-19	DoB: 1992-03-08	DoB: 1974-11-09	DoB: 1989-06-06
Hitting Coach	Strategy Coach	Catching Coach	Coaching Assistant	Bat'g Pract. Pitcher	Equip. Manager	Bullpen Catcher	Bullpen Catcher
Troy Snitker	Danny Barnes	J.P. Arencibia	Rafael Fernandez	Kevin Mahoney	Kevin Kierst	Eric Langill	Dave Racaniello
DoB: 1988-12-05	DoB: 1989-10021	DoB: 1986-01-05	DoB: 1988-08-03	DoB: 1987-05-11	DoB: 1964-07-09	DoB: 1979-04-09	DoB: 1978-06-03

Your Mets Training Staff

Director of Player Health	Head Athletic Trainer	Assistant Athletic Trainer	Recond. Coordinator	Recond. Therapist	Head Performance Coach	Assistant Performance Coach	Performance Coordinator	Soft Tissue Specialist
Brian Chicklo	Joseph Golia	Bryan Baca	Sean Bardanett	Josh Bickel	Dustin Clarke	Tanner Miracle	Jeremy Chiang	Hiroto Kawamura
DoB: 1972-07-17	DoB: 1978-??-??	DoB: Circa 1980	DoB: 1988-06-23	DoB: 1996-??-??	DoB: 1987-??-??	DoB: 1991-??-??	DoB: ????-??-??	DoB: 1962-07-19