With six games left in the 2026 season, the Mets have already sorted out plenty of their roster picture. But the final stretch has also given the front office a few reasons to keep an open mind. At 9-9 in September, New York has seen some players fade, but Brett Baty, Austin Warren and Tobias Myers have each done enough lately to nudge themselves back into the conversation for 2027.
Brett Baty has been the clearest bright spot of the group. A minor knee injury hasn’t slowed him down, and September has been his best month at the plate.
He’s posted a 1.094 OPS in 15 games, with 4 doubles, a pair of home runs and 12 RBI. He’s also walked 7 times and struck out 7 times, which stands out even more because he struck out 21 times before drawing his first walk this season.
His walk and strikeout rates are both up and above league average, a welcome shift for a player whose offensive profile had been so shaky earlier in the year. The role is starting to look clearer too: he’s not a starting third baseman, but he does fit the Mets’ 2026 plan as an affordable utility piece who can move around the diamond.
Austin Warren has quietly put together a strong run of his own. He went on the injured list in July with a 4.63 ERA, and since coming back, he’s brought that number down to 4.13.
Outside of one rough outing in the Mets’ 10-6 win over the San Francisco Giants, he has been nearly spotless. The Mets have been careful with him this season, keeping him on the major league roster so they wouldn’t burn his final minor league option.
He began the year in the minors, and it doesn’t appear he spent enough time in Syracuse to use up that flexibility for 2027. If payroll gets tight, the Mets may need pitchers like Warren, and his finish has at least put him in the mix for a bigger role next year.
Tobias Myers has also helped himself since coming back up from Syracuse, even if his season line still looks rough. His 5.64 ERA is hard to ignore, but he has allowed just 1 run in 6.2 innings since his September recall.
The Mets never really gave him a defined job. He wasn’t used as a mop-up arm or as a high-leverage multi-inning reliever; instead, he was shuffled in wherever needed, and that didn’t work out well.
Still, with his last minor league option already gone, these recent results matter. He could wind up as a non-tender candidate or a pitcher who fights for a roster spot in spring training, but this latest stretch of effective work gives him a chance to stay in the picture a little longer.
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