Who would’ve thought entering the season that the New York Mets would be playing this type of baseball? The Mets, after a 5-4 win against the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night, are 16-7 overall and three games ahead of the Phillies in the National League East.
More impressively, the Mets have had the best pitching staff in the league, a major surprise given the injuries they’ve dealt with.
Even when healthy, the Mets’ rotation isn’t exactly star-studded. Many suspected that this team would struggle on the bump, even before the injuries they dealt with.
While the first few weeks have been a step in the right direction for this organization, and it shows the type of executive David Stearns is, he should be in the market for another starter at the deadline. Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report recently looked at a few players who could be dealt, naming Andrew Heaney one of them.
While the left-hander isn’t the star that many Mets fans might want, he could be a decent option for them to pursue.
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“Andrew Heaney has been the star of the bunch, though, including a seven-inning, 10-strikeout gem against the Yankees a few weeks ago.
“Heaney had been respectable and mostly healthy over the past few seasons, so it was surprising this winter when he had to wait until late February to settle for a major pay cut, going from a $13M salary in 2024 to what might be a $6M deal if he hits all his innings-based escalators this year. But at what will be somewhere around just $2M for a two-month rental this summer, there will be a ton of interested parties if he continues pitching at a middle-of-the-rotation level,” Miller wrote.
Pitching for multiple teams over the past few seasons, including the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, and now the Pittsburgh Pirates, the 33-year-old has been above average at some of his stops.
In 2025, he owns a 2.13 ERA and has struck out 22 hitters in 25 1/3 innings.
