The 2025 Just Mets Trade Deadline Guide
A full guide book & breakdown of over 50 potential trade candidates for the New York Mets.
Welcome to the inaugural Just Mets Trade Deadline Guide!
This is a complete breakdown of over 50 potential players that the Mets could look to target ranging from the expected to the surprising. This year’s guide will cover starting pitchers, relievers, outfielders, third baseman, DHs and utility players.
Let’s get into it…
LEGEND
🔥 = High Possibility
👀 = Potential
🃏 = Wild Card
🥶 = Unlikely
All stats as of July 22, 2025.
OUTFIELDERS
Oneil Cruz
Position: CF | Team: Pirates | Free Agent: 2029 | Trade Possibility: 🃏
Relevant Stats: 1.7 fWAR, .211/.314/.410, 16 HR, 39 RBI, 30 SB, 98 wRC+
We’re starting off with a wild card here. Almost every trade deadline, there is a guy you never even knew was available who got dealt to much surprise. Could Oneil Cruz be that guy?
He’s still under team control for several years, but chatter is already rising in Pittsburgh about potentially trying to extend Cruz – something the Pirates franchise has not done well with for the most part. Cruz has also largely been a disappointment at the major league level, where his unbelievable traits and physical talents have yet to impact his overall performance.
Ken Rosenthal recently reported that the only two players on the Pirates roster that were deemed to be “untouchable” were Paul Skenes and Andrew McCutchen (who wants to end his career in Pittsburgh). That would mean, in theory, Cruz could be had at the right price. With those physical abilities and a change of scenery potentially doing him good, teams will most definitely be intrigued.
Cedric Mullins
Position: CF | Team: Orioles | Free Agent: 2026 | Trade Possibility: 👀
Relevant Stats: 0.7 fWAR, .216/.297/.401, 13 HR, 42 RBI, 14 SB, 96 wRC+
With the Mets having a desperate need for a center fielder in the wake of Tyrone Taylor’s massive struggles offensively this season, it makes sense why the team would look at a player with the reputation of Cedric Mullins. The one problem? He isn’t that guy anymore.
Mullins is nowhere near the offensive player he was from 2021-22, but a league average hitter in center would still be a pretty large improvement for the Mets right now. It would still be about a 200-point increase in OPS for them over Taylor, after all. The biggest issue, though, is that you’d be adding a slightly below average hitter for a player whose defensive metrics have cratered in recent seasons. So far this year, Mullins is an astounding -16 in defensive runs saved in center field – far and away the worst mark of his career.