A detailed look at the Mets roster, contract obligations and controllable players heading into the '17-'18 offseason (and AAOP season)
The roster as of October 20th 2017.
Name | Service Time | Options | 2018 contract | Notes |
Matt Harvey | 5.072 | 3 remain | $ 5.9 estimate |
options no longer accessible, Free agent after 2018 |
Zack Wheeler | 4.098 | 2 remain |
$ 1.9 estimate |
Arbitration after 2016, Free agent after 2019 |
Jacob deGrom | 3.139 | 2 remain | $ 9.2 estimate |
Super 2 after 2016, free agent after 2020 |
Noah Syndergaard | 2.149 | 2 remain | $ 1.9 estimate |
Super 2 after 2017 season, FA after 2021 |
Steven Matz | 2.099 | 1 remains | Pre-Arb. | Arbitration after 2018, Free agent after 2021 |
Rafael Montero | 2.068 | 0 remain | Pre-Arb. | Arbitration after 2018, Free agent after 2021 |
Seth Lugo | 1.082 | 2 remain | Pre-Arb. | Arbitration after 2019, Free agent after 2022 |
Robert Gsellman |
1.042 |
2 remain | Pre-Arb. | Arbitration after 2019, Free agent after 2022 |
Chris Flexen | 0.067 | 2 remain | Pre-Arb. | Added to roster Nov 2016 |
Marcos Molina | 0.000 | 2 remain | Pre-Arb. | Added to roster Nov 2016 |
Jerry Blevins | 8.081 | 0 remain | $ 7.0 | Team option for 2018 |
A J Ramos |
5.030 | 0 remain | $ 9.2 estimate |
options no longer accessible, Free Agent after 2018 |
Jeurys Familia | 5.030 | 1 remains | $ 7.4 estimate |
options no longer accessible, Free agent after 2018 |
Hansel Robles | 2.129 | 1 remains | $ 1.0 estimate |
Arbitration after 2018, Free agent after 2021 |
Josh Smoker |
1.044 | 2 remain | Pre-Arb. | 2017 option voided |
Paul Sewald | 0.160 |
3 remain | Pre-Arb. | 2017 option voided, Added to roster May 2017 |
Chasen Bradford | 0.087 |
3 remain | Pre-Arb. | 2017 option voided, Added to roster June 2017 |
Kevin McGowan | 0.038 | 3 remain | Pre-Arb. | 2017 option voided, Added to roster Aug. 2017 |
Jacob Rhame | 0.030 |
2 remain | Pre-Arb. | Added to roster Nov 2016 (by Dodgers) |
Jamie Callahan | 0.030 | 3 remain | Pre-Arb. | Added to roster Sept 2017 |
Name | Service Time | Options | 2018 contract | Notes |
Jose Reyes | 14.038 | N/A | Free Agent |
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David Wright | 13.075 | N/A | $20.0 mil | Free agent after 2020 |
Asdrubal Cabrera |
10.027 | N/A |
$ 8.5 |
Signed through 2017 with a 2018 team option |
Yoenis Cespedes | 6.000 | N/A | $29.0 | Free Agent after 2020 |
Nori Aoki |
5.148 |
N/A | $ 6.3 estimate |
Free Agent after 2018 |
Juan Lagares | 4.160 | 1 remains | $ 6.5 |
Signed through 2019 with a 2020 team option |
Travis d'Arnaud | 4.044 | 1 remains | $ 3.4 estimate |
Free agent after 2019 |
Wilmer Flores | 4.003 | 0 remain | $ 3.7 estimate |
Free agent after 2019 |
Michael Conforto | 2.043 | 2 remain | Pre-Arb. | Potential Arb after 2018, 2015 option rescinded. |
Kevin Plawecki | 1.167 | 0 remain | Pre-Arb. | Potential arbitration after 2018 |
T. J. Rivera | 1.054 | 3 remain | Pre-Arb. | Added to roster August 2016 |
Matt Reynolds |
1.048 | 1 remains | Pre-Arb. | Added to 40 man roster Oct 2015 |
Brandon Nimmo |
1.042 | 1 remains |
Pre-Arb. | Added to 40 man roster Nov 2015 |
Gavin Cecchini |
0.082 | 2 remain | Pre-Arb. | Added to 40 man roster Sept 2016 |
Amed Rosario | 0.062 | 2 remain | Pre-Arb |
Added to 40 man roster Nov 2016 |
Dominic Smith |
0.052 | 3 remain | Pre-Arb | Added to 40 man roster Aug. 2017 |
Tomas Nido | 0.020 | 2 remain |
Pre-Arb. | Added to 40 man roster Nov 2016 |
The first situation the Mets will need to resolve will be the of the disabled list for the year. At present there are 43 players on the 40 man roster and only Jose Reyes is set to be a free agent. Two more names will need to be removed when Wright, Wheeler and Matz are activated from the 60 day DL. Seeing as Tommy Milone & Nori Aoki are non-tender candidates they might get released earlier to solve this problem. Travis Taijeron and Wuilmer Becerra could also be DFA'd to make room.
Hansel Robles makes the super two cutoff by just 6 days. By sending him to AAA for a month plus the Mets gained a year of arbitration control in 2021. Because they each spent less than 20 days total on optional assignment Sewald, Bradford, Smoker & McGowan all had their 2017 options voided and have the same amount of option years remaining as they did at the beginning of the season.
The 2018 payroll situation is that the Mets owe Wright, Cespeds & Lagares a total of $55.5 million in guaranteed contacts with $15.5 million in team options for Cabrera and Blevins. Add in MLB trade rumors arbitration estimates for the Mets which total $52.1 million plus approx $6 million to round out the roster with Pre-Arb players and the total is nearly $130 million before any additions. A potentially more realistic number is closer to $121 mil if you assume Aoki and Milone will not be offered arbitration, and could get even lower if Ramos and Cabrera are not retained. Of course the last two would open up even more holes than the four additions that Sandy Alderson has already indicated need to be made. Any way you look at it there is limited funds to spread around to address all of the shortcomings of the current roster.
Edited Oct 27: 6 player were removed from the 40 man roster with limited impact on the payroll.