Mets Roster Central: When 2027 Dawns

Congratulations on being part of another Mets season, however you might have participated.  While a lot went wrong — almost all the winter's MLB trades and free-agent acquisitions have been a sour harvest to date, leaving the team at the back end of the standings — not a little went right.  A scantly precedented class of four rookies, have shown themselves to be top-of-the-roster contributors, along with a rookie from two years prior making an unexpectedly robust return from UCL surgery.

If you like, you can throw Nate Lavender in the pile of assets that all matured at once, as ephemeral as relief help can be, and as hard to project as 21 2/3 innings can be.

Either way, it's a crop, leaving all something to look forward to, after a season that wasn't much to look back on. 

For the season immediately coming, the good news is the bad news, and the bad is the good — both being that no MLB contracts are expiring.  The guys you want to see are expected to be back, and so are the guys you don't want to see — with the key caveat that we have yet to hear from Bo Bichette on his opt-out. 

So, yeah, apart from buying insurance in the form of a thousand minor-league contracts, David Stearns has the option of totally standing pat.  He can trust his plan, count on young players to continue to mature and progress, and hope for better luck on the injury front.

We don't know how much taste he has for masochism, though, and moving things around — even to negative effect, as last winter, at least has the virtue of buying you some time.

So expect some changes, to the below.

Starting Pitching: What's below certainly appears to be something that can be a solid-or-better rotation, but over-reliance on youth can create volatility.  Look for at least one name-brand starter to be added and Jonah Tong to be demoted back to part of Plan B.  And you always break the seal on Plan B. 

Relief Pitching: What's below represents the eight guys in the best position professionally on October 5, but a lot of deck-shuffling will take place before opening day.  The second half of the season certainly suggested that a bullpen you have developed and cobbled together can equal the bullpen of MLB veterans assembled on veteran contracts, but the Mets will still throw at least some resources after the latter.  If nothing else, it gives you beaucoups assets to deal at the deadline, and allows the former to be your backup plan.

Several names not appearing below — Daniel Duarte, Jonathan Pintaro, Nathan Lavender, Dedniel Núñez — gave solid late-season performances.  They currently sit behind guys with longer track records and fewer options, but they should re-emerge as the Mets make wintertime decisions on some of the more seasoned guys.  (Robert Stock is not a good candidate to last the winter on the roster, but hey, there he is.) 

Catching: It's an impressive unit, and the Mets will most likely field it in 2026.  It would be trading low to move an underperforming All-Star talent like Francisco Alvarez, but there's always a deal if you look hard enough.

Infielders: A whole lot of volatility here. 

• The firstbaseman missed most of the season. 
• His replacement is recovering from a serious concussion. 
• The secondbaseman took a step backwards (from an already precipitous decline) on offense and defense. 
• The shortstop is a fixture and a future Hall-of-Famer but saw his focus fall and his batting average drop to .225 following an extended injury.
• The thirdbaseman underperformed and still might opt for free agency.  

Oddly, two of the most reliable parts of the picture are Brett Baty and Mark Vientos, who have both demonstrated, even in failing to establish themselves, that they are pretty reliable platoon parts.  One can envision a season opening with Vientos sharing first base with Jared Young, while Baty alternates with Jorge Polanco, playing left field and bumping Juan Soto to DH against a righties.

One can envision that.  One quite possibly isn't rooting for that. 

Outfielders: Pretty set in stone, no?

Seven infielders and four outfielders is suboptimal, but Jared Young is experienced out there also.  Also, three guys on the bubble — Ronny Mauricio, Christopher Morel, and Christian Pache — have run out of options, but that likely only particularly concerns the Mets in the first case.

It's a team.  What you see below is definitely a team.  Probably not the team you're gonna see on March 25 when the season opens in Miami on March 25(!!). 

Watch this space as the picture evolves!

Your Projected 2027 New York Mets

	Starting Pitchers
	Sean Manaea	Nolan McLean	Christian Scott	Zach Thornton	Jonah Tong
	R/L DoB: 1992-02-01	R/R DoB: 2001-07-24	R/R DoB: 1999-06-15	L/L DoB: 2002-01-17	R/R DoB: 2003-06-19
Relief Pitchers
Chayce McDermott	Tobias Myers	Cionel Pérez	Kodai Senga	Robert Stock	Austin Warren	Devin Williams
L/R DoB: 1998-08-22	R/R DoB: 1998-08-05	R/L DoB: 1996-04-21	L/R DoB: 1993-01-30	L/R DoB: 1989-11-21	R/R DoB: 1996-02-05	R/R DoB: 1994-09-21
Relief Pitchers	Catchers		Infielders
Jefry Yan	Francisco Alvarez	Luís Torrens	Bo Bichette	Francisco Lindor	Ronny Mauricio	Jorge Polanco
L/L DoB: 1996-08-17	R/R DoB: 2001-11-01	R/R DoB: 1996-05-02	R/R DoB: 1998-03-05	S/R DoB: 1993-11-14	S/R DoB: 2001-04-04	S/R DoB: 1999-11-13
Infielders			Outfielders
Marcus Semien	Mark Vientos	Jared Young	Brett Baty	Carson Benge	A.J. Ewing	Juan Soto
R/R DoB: 1990-09-17	R/R DoB: 1993-12-11	L/R DoB: 1995-07-09	L/R DoB: 1999-11-13	L/R DoB: 2003-01-20	L/R DoB: 2004-08-10	L/L DoB: 1998-10-25

Also on 40-Player Roster

Starting Pitchers	Relief Pitchers
Tylor Megill	Philip Abner	Daniel Duarte	Reed Garrett	Justin Hagenman	Nathan Lavender	Dedniel Núñez	Jonathan Pintaro	Dylan Ross
R/R DoB: 1995-07-28	L/L DoB: 2002-05-04	R/R DoB: 1996-12-04	R/R DoB: 1993-01-02	R/R DoB: 1996-10-07	L/L DoB: 2000-01-20	R/R DoB: 1996-06-05	R/R DoB: 1997-11-07	R/R DoB: 2000-09-01
Relief Pitchers		Catchers	Infielders			Outfielders
Jack Weisen- berger	Cameron Weston	Hayden Senger	Christian Cairo	Christopher Morel	Eric Wagaman	Nick Morabito	Cristian Pache
R/R DoB: 1997-10-08	R/R DoB: 2000-08-27	R/R DoB: 1997-04-03	R/R DoB: 2001-06-11	R/R DoB: 1999-06-24	R/R DoB: 1997-08-14	R/R DoB: 2003-05-07	R/R DoB: 2020-08-21

Your Projected Mets Coaching Staff

Manager	Bench Coach	Pitching Coach	Hitting Coord.	Third Base Coach	First Base Coach	Bullpen Coach	Ass't Pitch. Coach
Andy Green	Kai Correa	Justin Willard	Jeff Albert	Tim Leiper	Gilbert Gomez	José Rosado	Dan McKinney
DoB: 1977-07-07	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 Catchers
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

2026-2027 MLB Free Agents

Manager	Relief Pitchers
Carlos Mendoza	Joey Gerber
S/R DoB: 1979-11-27	R/R DoB: 1997-05-03

2026-2027 Minor-League Free Agents

Starting Pitchers					Relief Pitchers
Eris Albino	Dalton Mall	Matteo Morelli	Christopher Rochin	Omar Victorino	Luis Alvarez	Adbert Alzolay	Jesüs Anton	Brett Banks	Mike Baumann
R/R DoB: 2004-02-24	R/R DoB: 1999-08-27	R/R DoB: 2006-02-27	R/R DoB: 2006-09-18	R/R DoB: 2005-06-09	R/R DoB: 2003-05-05	R/R DoB: 2995-03-01	R/R DoB: 2006-02-17	L/R DoB: 2001-10-03	R/R DoB: 1995-09-10
Relief Pitchers
Tyler Burch	Nick Burdi	Yoralbert Cadíz	Alex Carrillo	Joe Charles	Jamdrick Cornelia	Colton Cosper	Anthony Crespo	Chris Devenski	Franyel Diaz
R/R DoB: 1997-09-02	R/R DoB: 1993-01-19	R/R DoB: 2004-10-24	R/R DoB: 1997-06-06	R/R DoB: 2000-04-05	L/L DoB: 2005-11-17	L/L DoB: 2002-09-08	R/R DoB: 2004-05-04	R/R DoB: 1990-11-13	R/R DoB: 2004-12-18
Relief Pitchers
Luis Garcia	Kevin Herget	Jordan Geber	Wilson Lopez	Robinson Martinez	Yoelvis Martinez	Trey McGough	Pablo Medina	Jahzeel Montas	Layonel Ovalles
R/R DoB: 1987-01-30	L/R DoB: 1991-04-03	R/R DoB: 1999-07-31	R/R DoB: 2002-07-15	R/R DoB: 1998-03-20	R/R DoB: 2006-06-21	L/L DoB: 1998-03-29	L/L DoB: 2006-10-12	R/R DoB: 2005-01-06	R/R DoB: 2003-06-16
Relief Pitchers						Catchers
Rayner Reyes	Anthony Reynoso	Jun-Seok Shim	Jermayne Verdu	Deivy Victora	Brandon Waddell	José Aular	Austin Barnes	Julian Hernandez	Daniel Silva
R/R DoB: 2005-10-20	L/L DoB: 39102	R/R DoB: 2004-04-09	?/R DoB: 2006-07-27	R/R DoB: 2005-08-14	L/L DoB: 1994-06-03	R/R DoB: 2004-01-02	R/R DoB: 1989-12-28	R/R DoB: 2005-09-24	S/R DoB: 2005-01-12
Infielders
Christian Arroyo	TT Bowens	Jackson Cluff	Taylor Darden	Jefrey De Los Santos	Alexander Eneas	Cole Fowler	Yonny Hernandez	Grae Kessinger	Leandy Mella
R/R DoB: 1995-05-30	R/R DoB: 1998-05-27	L/R DoB: 1996-12-03	R/R DoB: 2000-01-16	R/R DoB: 2003-05-30	R/R DoB: 2007-09-12	L/R DoB: 2002-12-10	S/R DoB: 1998-05-04	R/R DoB: 1997-08-25	L/R DoB: 2007-02-24
Infielders
Diego Mosquera	Sam Robertson	José Rojas	Nick Roselli	Dangelo Sarmiento	JT Schwartz	Zack Short	Kevin Villavin- cencio	Trace Willhoite	Wyatt Young
L/R DoB: 2005-05-14	R/R DoB: 2004-07-17	L/R DoB: 1993-02-24	L/R DoB: 2003-03-31	R/R DoB: 38356	L/R DoB: 1999-12-17	R/R DoB: 1995-05-29	R/R DoB: 2003-11-24	R/R DoB: 2000-11-17	L/R DoB: 1999-12-05
Outfielders
Haniel German	Simon Juan	Adolfo Miranda	Jared Oliva	Jaylen Palmer	Jeffry Rosa	Matt Rudick	AJ Salgado	Mike Tauchman
R/R DoB: 2005-12-05	R/R DoB: 2005-07-13	R/R DoB: 2006-10-04	R/R DoB: 1995-11-27	R/R DoB: 2007-07-31	R/R DoB: 2004-09-11	L/L DoB: 1998-07-02	L/R DoB: 2001-09-16	L/L DoB: 1990-12-03

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