{"id":95961,"date":"2025-07-27T05:42:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95961\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T05:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:42:51","slug":"mets-front-office-ready-to-ramp-up-efforts-as-trade-deadline-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95961\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets front office ready to ramp up efforts as trade deadline looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The Mets clearly aren\u2019t finished looking for upgrades<\/a>, with it only a question of how many new players will have been added by the time Thursday\u2019s trade deadline arrives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Team officials have taken the approach that the Mets, as constructed, are likely good enough to reach the postseason for a second straight year. But just getting there isn\u2019t enough, with sights on a deep October run. <\/p>\n

That is where the improvements come into play for a roster that could still use another reliever and outfield bat, with a frontline starting pitcher as the potential icing on the cake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With multiple teams still on the bubble as to whether they should become buyers or sellers heading to July 31, the Mets are taking the approach that the situation will have crystallized by the weekend\u2019s conclusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns speaks at a press conference before the game when the New York Mets played against the Colorado Rockies on Friday, May 30, 2025 at Citi Field in Queens, NY. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

To that end, team officials are planning to ramp up the process beginning Sunday night, when more specific targets for acquisition and possible scenarios will be identified.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Mets\u2019 first foray into this trade market occurred Friday, when the team acquired lefty reliever Gregory Soto from the Orioles<\/a> for minor league pitchers Wellington Aracena and Cameron Foster.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Gregory Soto delivers against the Cleveland Guardians during the ninth inning of a baseball game on Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Cleveland. AP<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a market that remains flooded with quality relievers. <\/p>\n

David Bednar, Kyle Finnegan, Emmanuel Clase and F\u00e9lix Bautista are just some of the potential names the Mets can pursue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The center field market is less intriguing \u2014 especially given that Byron Buxton said at the All-Star Game that he won\u2019t waive his no-trade clause to leave the Twins \u2014 but there are potential fits, starting with Jarren Duran and Cedric Mullins. <\/p>\n

Chicago White Sox Luis Robert Jr. watches his two-run single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, July 21, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. AP<\/p>\n

Luis Robert Jr. has a higher ceiling, but the former All-Star is underperforming offensively for a dreadful White Sox team that holds club options on his contract for the 2026 and \u201927 seasons. <\/p>\n

Harrison Bader was a quality part-time option for the Mets last season and would be an upgrade offensively to what the team has received from Tyrone Taylor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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On the starting pitching front, president of baseball operations David Stearns has acknowledged<\/a> any addition would likely be for a high-ceiling type arm. <\/p>\n

Dylan Cease and Sandy Alcantara fit that description, and the Mets have checked in on both, according to sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York Mets pitcher Huascar Brazob\u00e1n (43) reacts on the mound in the 7th inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Citi Field, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Queens, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

Stearns will look for a repeat of the success he had last July, when Phil Maton, Ryne Stanek, Huascar Brazob\u00e1n, Paul Blackburn and Jesse Winker arrived to bolster a team that squeaked into the postseason before advancing to Game 6 of the NLCS<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year the acquisitions we made, they weren\u2019t just for last year,\u201d Francisco Lindor said. \u201cThey are helping us this year. Brazob\u00e1n became one of the high-leverage relievers. I trust [the front office]. Whatever they want to do. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey are really good at it, so I am just looking forward to it. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to be an exciting week for the Mets organization and for Stearns \u2026 I am sure they are going to get excited. I\u2019m sure every GM gets excited around this time of year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor #12 reacts after he pops out during the third inning. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

The Mets have young players such as Brett Baty, Ronny Mauricio, Mark Vientos and Luisangel Acu\u00f1a that could bring different levels of returns. <\/p>\n

The farm includes high-end pitching prospects in Nolan McLean, Brandon Sproat and Jonah Tong<\/a>, in addition to Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford \u2014 both of whom arrived at the trade deadline two years ago from the Astros in the deal for Justin Verlander.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Soto, the Mets addressed a need for lefty relief that emerged after A.J. Minter and Danny Young underwent season-ending surgeries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c[Stearns] knows what he is doing, and Soto is a great addition to our bullpen,\u201d Brandon Nimmo said. \u201cI love bringing in a hard-throwing lefty and I have never enjoyed facing him. Hopefully it will be the same for everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The Mets clearly aren\u2019t finished looking for upgrades, with it only a question of how…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,62486,1266,52993,405,403,1305,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-95961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-david-stearns","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-mlb-trade-deadline","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114923608780031214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}