Ranking the MLB Trade Deadline Fire Sales We're Not-So-Secretly Hoping to See | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Record: 22-33

Impending Free Agents: Pete Alonso, Harrison Bader, J.D. Martinez, Omar Narváez, Tomás Nido, Sean Manaea*, Luis Severino, Jose Quintana, Adrian Houser, Adam Ottavino, Drew Smith, Shintaro Fujinami

Scheduled to Reach FA Next Offseason: Kodai Senga^, Edwin Díaz^, Starling Marte, Brooks Raley, Jake Diekman

Others Worth Mentioning: N/A

*2025 Player Option, ^2026 Player Option

The New York Mets spared us from what otherwise would have been an extremely boring trade deadline last summer, trading Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, David Robertson, Tommy Pham and Mark Canha to five different clubs who ultimately made the playoffs.

It was a solid four-alarm fire sale in advance of what could be a five-alarm extravaganza in a couple of months.

The big one is Alonso, even though he is currently slugging a bit worse than in any of his previous seasons in the big leagues. He would still instantly become the top home run threat for the vast majority of teams. The most aggressive suitor would likely be Houston, provided the Astros are a buyer and not a seller. Upgrading from Jon Singleton/Jose Abreu to Alonso at first base would be a game-changer.

Alonso is just the tip of the iceberg, though, as the Mets are basically drowning in soon-to-be free agents—which will clear the books enough for them to make a colossal offer to Juan Soto this winter. Bader, Martinez, Manaea, Severino, and Quintana have all been good enough thus far to generate some serious interest on the trade block.

Where things could get even more wild is with Senga and Díaz.

The former has yet to pitch this season and the latter hadn't looked anything like the dominant force that he used to be—and landed on the IL Wednesday. However, it's plausible (perhaps even likely) that they will both exercise their opt-out clauses after next season.

Senga and Díaz do both have full no-trade clauses, but that didn't stop Scherzer or Verlander from getting dealt last year.

If they do embrace selling again, the Mets will most likely retain both of those pitchers, focusing predominantly on getting something in return for the long list of players they're slated to lose this offseason. But it's worth mentioning the contract situations for those two, in case they really feel like cleaning house and cutting costs.