In addition to all of the free agents the Mets have, the team also has eight players eligible for arbitration. MLB Trade Rumors has published its estimates for what salary the players would receive. Let’s use that and discuss all eight players and if the Mets should tender them a contract at that price point.

Paul Blackburn – $4.4 million
Shortly after he was acquired, it seemed a no-brainer that the Mets would tender Blackburn. Then he suffered a back injury and had surgery to fix a cerebrospinal fluid leak in mid-October, with the Mets announcing the recovery time would be about 4.5 months. Blackburn will likely miss the start of Spring Training. He’s out of options, too. It’s a coin flip if the Mets should offer him arbitration but the guess here is that they will.

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8 comments on “Estimates and tender decisions for the Mets’ eight arbitration-eligible players

  • TexasGusCC

    As much as Stearns values having plenty of pitching, it’s hard to believe he will have a possible option and pass it up.

    • Brian Joura

      It’s both good and necessary to have pitching depth options. The question becomes if it’s necessary to go above minimum wage for these depth options. Sure, Cohen’s rich. But there’s no point pissing away $1.7 million here and 4.4 million there…

  • NYM6986

    It seems if you comment on Substack then it does not appear on Mets360. So to get it here we would need to hit the link to substack and then come back here. Is there a way for the comments to show up on both?
    I’d make offers to most but DJ Stewart who had his 15 minutes of fame and needs to play elsewhere. Blackburn and Young can be replicated elsewhere although I thought we caught lightening in a bottle with a Blackburn before he went down. The dollars involved in all these players is not significant. Peterson and Megill are must signs.

    • Brian Joura

      No way I’m aware to duplicate the comments. If you want to keep your comment alive for future consumption – leave it on Substack.

      • NYM6986

        Just not sure which site to comment on. Not concerned with preserving past posts. And people can comment on either. Since you need to click the link to get to the rest of the article on Substack, why not just eliminate the Mets360 comment section.

        • Brian Joura

          Eventually that’s what will happen. It’s just not good business sense to immediately pull the plug.

        • ChrisF

          The faster we all get used to just going to substack for reading and commenting the better for Brian.

          I think this web page is on its last legs and everything will be moving to substack.

  • warren Cohen

    please don’t sign Soto not worth the money……..sign pitching pitching pitching
    resign Pete Alonso……need outfield help……..also can Acuna learn to play center field
    need a good c.fielder………and right fielder……….getting more speed in the lineup would help
    and teach basic baseball…….just like the dodgers …..they play smart
    just look at the yanks-dodgers world series.

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