Mets Roster Central: Something's Coming

You aren't seeing the relaunching of seasons detoured by injuries and rehab assignments in this batch of transactions, but if you squint, you get a picture of what is coming next.

Transactions, 6/20/2026

COMING

Signed away from Southern Maryland (Atlantic League) and Assigned to Brooklyn

Infielders

Taylor Darden

R/R DoB: 2000-01-16 High Level: Atlantic League (2026)

Taylor Darden may sound like a non-player character in a video game, but, well ... that may be just what he ends up being as a Met.  He comes by way of The Southland Conference and The Atlantic League.  At 26, he is probably meant to be playing at a higher level than Brooklyn, but, the Mets are probably preparing to put an infielder or so on waivers when Francisco Lindor and Ronny Mauricio get activated, so young Tyler has been invited to the desultory birthday party that is the Mets organization in 2026.

Special credit to the Brooklyn press office for getting a thumbnail of Taylor in a Cyclones cap online for his very first day in the organization.  That's a pro move.

Transactions, 6/21/2026

GOING

Released

Relief Pitcher

Wilson Lopez

R/R DoB: 37452 High Level: Atlantic League (2026)

Wilson Lopez, a member of the small fraternity of Colombians in the Mets organization, had been on the Injured List for the last year.  As it is illegal to release a player while he is on the IL, It is a mixed motivation for a player to get himself healthy, only to make him vulnerable to release.

The time comes inevitably, however, and Lopez got activated and then immediately axed.  Usually such guys appear in a game before the grim reaper comes, in order to establish their healthiness.  Lopez didn't even do that.

Transactions, 6/23/2026

COMING

Claimed off Waivers from SFG, Assigned to Syracuse

Outfielders

Jared Oliva

R/R DoB: 1995-11-27 High Level: MLB (2026)

LIke Taylor Darden above is to infielders, so Jared Oliva is to infielders.  With a long career in the minors (he's 30), he has pretty solidly established that his offensive ceiling isn't much a above a .700 minor-league OPS, so he must be an impressive fielder to have stuck this long, but his presence mostly means, MJ Melendez and/or Eric Wagaman is about to face a DFA notice.

It also kind of suggests the Mets have a shortcoming of faith in Jihwan Bae, Oliva's fellow former-Pirates-prospect-turned-journeyman.

Mets Roster Central cares, so we checked, and we've been unable to unearth any familial connection between Jared and Tony Oliva.

Transactions, 6/24/2026

COMING

Promoted from Syracuse

Relief Pitchers

Jonathan Pintaro

R/R DoB: 1997-11-07 High Level: MLB (2026)

You get a 27th player for double-headers, and invariably you use them.  Frequently, they get mop-up slop-up innings, and the Mets have had plenty of those to spread around.

So, um ... expect Jonathan Pintaro to pitch both games today.  Seriously.

Your 2026 New York Mets

	Starting Pitchers					Relief Pitchers
	Sean Manaea	Tobias Myers	Nolan McLean	Freddy Peralta	David Peterson	Kodai Senga
	R/L DoB: 1992-02-01	R/R DoB: 1998-08-05	R/R DoB: 2001-07-24	R/R DoB: 2996-06-04	L/L DoB: 1995-09-03	L/R DoB: 1993-01-30
Relief Pitchers
A.J. Minter	Tobias Myers	Cionel Pérez	Jonathan Pintaro	Brooks Raley	Austin Warren	Luke Weaver
L/L DoB: 1993-09-02	R/R DoB: 1998-08-05	R/L DoB: 35176	R/R DoB: 1997-11-07	L/L DoB: 1988-06-29	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	Marcus Semien	Zack Short
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	R/R DoB: 1990-09-17	R/R DoB: 34848
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					Starting Pitcher
Clay Holmes	Tylor Megill	Christian Scott	Zach Thornton	Jonah Tong	Alex Carrillo	Daniel Duarte
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: 1996-12-04
Relief Pitchers					Catchers	Infielders
Reed Garrett	Joey Gerber	Justin Hagenman	Dedniel Núñez	Dylan Ross	Hayden Senger	Francisco Lindor
R/R DoB: 1993-01-02	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
Ronny Mauricio	Jorge Polanco	Nick Morabito	Jared Oliva	Luis Robert, Jr.	Tyrone Taylor
S/R DoB: 2001-04-04	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