GM: Billy Eppler
2022: made playoffs · 101–61. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Lindor | 28 | FA-elig | 161 | 6.4 | 34.1 | -10.8 |
| Jeff McNeil | 30 | arb | 148 | 5.5 | 3.0 | +17.2 |
| Brandon Nimmo | 29 | FA-elig | 151 | 5.5 | 7.0 | +13.1 |
| Max Scherzer | 37 | FA-elig | 23 | 4.5 | 43.3 | -26.9 |
| Pete Alonso | 27 | arb | 160 | 3.8 | 7.4 | +6.6 |
| Starling Marte | 33 | FA-elig | 118 | 3.5 | 15.8 | -2.9 |
| Edwin Díaz | 28 | FA-elig | 61 | 3.0 | 10.2 | +0.8 |
| Chris Bassitt | 33 | FA-elig | 30 | 2.8 | 8.7 | +1.7 |
| Taijuan Walker | 29 | FA-elig | 29 | 2.7 | 7.0 | +2.8 |
| Mark Canha | 33 | FA-elig | 140 | 2.5 | 13.0 | -3.8 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 35 | FA-elig | 29 | 2.5 | 12.0 | -2.8 |
| Jacob deGrom | 34 | FA-elig | 11 | 2.2 | 35.5 | -27.3 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 33 | FA-elig | 136 | 1.9 | 10.0 | -3.1 |
| Luis Guillorme | 27 | arb | 102 | 1.8 | 0.9 | +5.6 |
| David Peterson | 26 | pre-arb | 28 | 1.5 | 0.5 | +5.1 |
| Tomás Nido | 28 | arb | 98 | 1.4 | 0.9 | +4.1 |
| Adam Ottavino | 36 | FA-elig | 66 | 1.1 | 4.0 | +0.2 |
| Daniel Vogelbach↔ PIT | 29 | FA-elig | 55 | 0.9 | 0.3 | +3.1 |
| Trevor Williams | 30 | FA-elig | 30 | 0.7 | 3.9 | -1.4 |
| Tylor Megill | 26 | pre-arb | 15 | 0.7 | 0.7 | +1.7 |
| Joely Rodríguez | 30 | pre-arb | 55 | 0.4 | 2.6 | -1.1 |
| Colin Holderman↔ PIT | 26 | – | 15 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +1.3 |
| Seth Lugo | 32 | FA-elig | 62 | 0.3 | 2.9 | -2.0 |
| James McCann | 32 | FA-elig | 61 | 0.1 | 8.2 | -7.7 |
| J.D. Davis↔ SFG | 29 | arb | 66 | 0.1 | 1.6 | -1.2 |
| Trevor May | 32 | FA-elig | 26 | 0.1 | 7.8 | -7.4 |
| Francisco Alvarez | 20 | – | 5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +0.3 |
| Bryce Montes de Oca | 26 | – | 3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Tyler Naquin↔ CIN | 31 | FA-elig | 49 | 0.1 | 1.9 | -1.7 |
| Khalil Lee | 24 | pre-arb | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Rob Zastryzny↔ ANA | 30 | – | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Patrick Mazeika | 28 | – | 24 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Adonis Medina | 25 | pre-arb | 14 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| Sam Clay↔ WSN | 29 | pre-arb | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 |
| Terrance Gore | 31 | pre-arb | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Alex Claudio | 30 | FA-elig | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Michael Pérez↔ PIT | 29 | arb | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Nate Fisher | 26 | – | 1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Tommy Hunter | 35 | FA-elig | 18 | -0.0 | 0.7 | -0.7 |
| Drew Smith | 28 | arb | 44 | -0.0 | 0.8 | -0.8 |
| Matt Reynolds↔ CIN | 31 | – | 1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Yolmer Sánchez↔ BOS | 30 | arb | 3 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Mychal Givens↔ CHC | 32 | FA-elig | 19 | -0.0 | 1.1 | -1.3 |
| José Buttó | 24 | – | 1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Sean Reid-Foley | 26 | pre-arb | 7 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -1.0 |
| Stephen Nogosek | 27 | pre-arb | 12 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| Travis Blankenhorn | 25 | pre-arb | 1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Deven Marrero | 31 | pre-arb | 5 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Yoan López | 29 | pre-arb | 8 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Ender Inciarte | 31 | – | 11 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| Travis Jankowski↔ SEA | 31 | FA-elig | 43 | -0.1 | 1.2 | -1.6 |
| Brett Baty | 22 | – | 11 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Nick Plummer | 25 | – | 14 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| Jake Reed↔ BAL | 29 | – | 5 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
| Mark Vientos | 22 | – | 16 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.9 |
| Dominic Smith | 27 | arb | 58 | -0.2 | 4.0 | -4.8 |
| Chasen Shreve | 31 | FA-elig | 25 | -0.3 | 0.7 | -1.6 |
| R.J. Alvarez | 31 | pre-arb | 1 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -1.0 |
| Thomas Szapucki↔ SFG | 26 | – | 1 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -1.6 |
| Robinson Canó↔ ATL | 39 | FA-elig | 12 | -0.5 | 7.2 | -8.9 |
| Darin Ruf↔ SFG | 35 | FA-elig | 29 | -0.9 | 0.7 | -3.9 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Max Scherzer | 4.5 |
| Starling Marte | 3.5 |
| Chris Bassitt | 2.8 |
| Mark Canha | 2.5 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 1.9 |
| Adam Ottavino | 1.1 |
| Player | 2021 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Marcus Stroman | 3.6 |
| Javier Báez | 2.0 |
| Jonathan Villar | 2.0 |
| Aaron Loup | 1.6 |
| Michael Conforto | 1.5 |
| Rich Hill | 1.0 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2022, 2022–2028. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2022; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Scherzer | 37 | 13.079 | $43.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jacob deGrom | 34 | 7.139 | $35.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Francisco Lindor | 28 | 6.113 | $34.1M | $34.1M | $34.2M | $34.1M | $32.5M | $32.5M | $32.5M |
| Starling Marte | 33 | 8.162 | $15.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mark Canha | 33 | 6.092 | $13.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Carlos Carrasco | 35 | 10.147 | $12.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eduardo Escobar | 33 | 9.128 | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| James McCann | 32 | 7.028 | $8.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Trevor May | 32 | 7.012 | $7.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Robinson Canó | 39 | 17.000 | $7.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Taijuan Walker | 29 | 7.142 | $7.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Adam Ottavino | 36 | 10.087 | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Travis Jankowski | 31 | 7.000 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mychal Givens | 32 | 6.069 | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tommy Hunter | 35 | 12.045 | $700k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chasen Shreve | 31 | 8.000 | $700k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Daniel Vogelbach | 29 | 6.000 | $338k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Alex Claudio | 30 | 6.063 | $100k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ender Inciarte | 31 | 8.000 | $97k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin Díaz | 28 | 5.121 | $10.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chris Bassitt | 33 | 5.130 | $8.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Pete Alonso | 27 | 3.000 | $7.4M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Brandon Nimmo | 29 | 5.042 | $7.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dominic Smith | 27 | 3.146 | $4.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Trevor Williams | 30 | 5.027 | $3.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jeff McNeil | 30 | 3.069 | $3.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Seth Lugo | 32 | 5.082 | $2.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tyler Naquin | 31 | 5.032 | $1.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| J.D. Davis | 29 | 3.137 | $1.6M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Tomás Nido | 28 | 3.089 | $890k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Drew Smith | 28 | 3.034 | $750k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Darin Ruf | 35 | 4.138 | $731k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Michael Pérez | 29 | 3.000 | $35k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Yolmer Sánchez | 30 | 5.040 | $20k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joely Rodríguez | 30 | 2.096 | $2.6M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Luis Guillorme | 27 | 2.167 | $875k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Sean Reid-Foley | 26 | 1.093 | $718k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Tylor Megill | 26 | 0.103 | $708k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| David Peterson | 26 | 2.000 | $477k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Stephen Nogosek | 27 | 0.080 | $262k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Patrick Mazeika | 28 | 0.080 | $219k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Adonis Medina | 25 | 0.027 | $212k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brett Baty | 22 | 0.000 | $188k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Colin Holderman | 26 | 0.000 | $156k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Nick Plummer | 25 | – | $135k | ||||||
| Terrance Gore | 31 | 2.013 | $135k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Bryce Montes de Oca | 26 | – | $123k | ||||||
| Yoan López | 29 | 2.058 | $108k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Mark Vientos | 22 | 0.000 | $96k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Deven Marrero | 31 | 2.067 | $62k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jake Reed | 29 | 0.051 | $34k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Khalil Lee | 24 | 0.019 | $27k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| R.J. Alvarez | 31 | 0.091 | $23k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Francisco Alvarez | 20 | 0.000 | $19k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Rob Zastryzny | 30 | 0.100 | $10k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Sam Clay | 29 | 0.161 | $9k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Thomas Szapucki | 26 | 0.022 | $8k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Matt Reynolds | 31 | 1.093 | $7k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Travis Blankenhorn | 25 | 0.054 | $4k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| José Buttó | 24 | 0.000 | $4k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Nate Fisher | 26 | – | $4k |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Mets 2022; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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