Players on the Active Roster or DL with Accessible Options:
RHP | LHP | C | IF | OF |
Edwin Diaz | Steven Matz | Tomas Nido 7-day IL | Pete Alonso | Michael Conforto |
Robert Gsellman 10-day IL | J.D. Davis | Jeff McNeil | ||
Seth Lugo | Luis Guillorme | Brandon Nimmo 60-day IL | ||
Chris Mazza | Amed Rosario | |||
Jacob Rhame 60-day IL | Dominic Smith 10-day IL | |||
Paul Sewald | ||||
Drew Smith 60-day IL | ||||
Noah Syndergaard |
Minor Leaguers on the 40-man roster with Accessible Options:
RHP | LHP | C | IF | OF |
Tyler Bashlor | Donnie Hart | None | None | None |
Chris Flexen | Daniel Zamora | |||
Drew Gagnon | ||||
Eric Hanhold | ||||
Franklyn Kilome | ||||
Walker Lockett | ||||
Stephen Nogosek | ||||
Corey Oswalt |
Detailed breakdown of Mets' options status (on 40-man roster or 60-day DL):
The following Mets have options remaining and cannot refuse any minor league assignment (optional or outright). The number of options each player had remaining at the start of the 2019 season is in parentheses and an asterisk (*) denotes that an option has been used in 2019:
Pete Alonso (3)
Tyler Bashlor (2) *
J.D. Davis (2)
Chris Flexen (1) *
Drew Gagnon (2) *
Luis Guillorme (2) *
Eric Hanhold (3) *
Donnie Hart (1) *
Franklyn Kilome (2) *
Chris Mazza (3) *
Jeff McNeil (3)
Tomas Nido (1) *
Stephen Nogosek (3) *
Corey Oswalt (2) *
Jacob Rhame (1) *
Amed Rosario (2)
Dominic Smith (2)
Drew Smith (3)
Daniel Zamora (3) *
The following Mets have options remaining and cannot refuse an optional assignment. However, they can refuse an outright assignment and elect to become a free agent. If they exercise this option at the time of the outright, they forfeit the remainder of their contract. If they accept the assignment, their right to free agency is deferred to the end of the year (provided they are not back on the 40-man roster at that time). The number of options each player had remaining at the start of the season is in parentheses and an asterisk (*) denotes that an option is being used in 2019:
Michael Conforto (2)
Edwin Diaz (3)
Robert Gsellman (2)
Seth Lugo (2)
Steven Matz (1)
Brandon Nimmo (1)
Paul Sewald (2) *
Noah Syndergaard (2)
The following Mets have options remaining, but they also have 5+ years of ML service, so they can refuse any minor league assignment (optional or outright). Additionally, if they exercise that right, the Mets would have to either keep them on the active roster or release them, continuing to pay out the remainder of their contract. The number of options each player had remaining at the start of the season is in parentheses and an asterisk (*) denotes that an option is being used in 2019:
Robinson Cano (2)
Yoenis Cespedes (3)
Jacob deGrom (2)
Jeurys Familia (2)
Todd Frazier (2)
Juan Lagares (1)
Jed Lowrie (2)
Joe Panik (3)
Wilson Ramos (1)
Marcus Stroman (3)
Zack Wheeler (2)
Justin Wilson (2)
The following Mets have options remaining, but due to Rule 5 restrictions, the options cannot be accessed until next season. The number of options each player had remaining at the start of the season is in parentheses:
None
The following Mets are out of options, but cannot refuse an outright assignment:
None
The following Mets are out of options, and can refuse an outright assignment and elect to become a free agent. If they exercise this option at the time of the outright, they forfeit the remainder of their contract. If they accept the assignment, their right to free agency is deferred to the end of the year (provided they are not back on the 40-man roster at that time):
None
The following Mets are out of options, and can refuse an outright assignment. Additionally, if they exercise that right, the Mets would have to either keep them on the active roster or release them, continuing to pay out the remainder of their contract:
Luis Avilan
Brad Brach
Rajai Davis
Rene Rivera
* - Note: If a player spends fewer than 20 days on optional assignment in a given season, that option is not counted. In 2011, option years for Dillon Gee (17 days) and Justin Turner (19 days) did not count.