Yesterday, MLB Trade Rumors published their projected salaries for 2026, as compiled by Matt Swartz. The Mets have nine arbitration eligible players and, while these numbers are nothing more than projections, this gives a fairly good sense of what the Mets would be on the hook for, salary wise, if they tender these nine players contracts for the season. All told, the nine players would be on the books for a projected $23.45 million in salary.

The highest projected of these is David Peterson, who Swartz estimates at $7.6 million. Peterson, who put up 1.4 bWAR in 2025, was having an incredibly strong season in the starting rotation until his performance fell off a cliff at the end of August, resulting in his allowing 26 earned runs in is last 18.1 innings on the season.

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