The New York Mets have a number of players who are playing so well that they may have an opportunity to make it to the All-Star Game. The season was moved to May as of last Thursday, meaning that almost a month of the season is already over. To put it mildly, a number of batting averages and pitching performances have been outstanding. However, several players have never been in this unique circumstance before, and thus far, their statistics and performances suggest that they deserve a shot at participating in the mid-summer classic for the first time.
1) Tylor Megill
Tylor Megill has had a difficult time at times during his major league career, but this season he has pitched incredibly well for the Mets. Even though he has a lot of trouble getting deep in games, 2025 has been a little different. In March of 2025, he became the second-best starting pitcher in the rotation, after Clay Holmes.
This season, Megill has started seven games. The Mets were shut out 5-0 against the Miami Marlins on April 9, the only start in which he pitched fewer than five innings. He went four innings, yet he struck out seven batters and didn’t allow an earned run. In his previous outings, he lasted at least five innings, including a start where he went six and a third innings against the Washington Nationals on April 27, which marks his longest performance so far this year.
Megill has recorded more strikeouts than in previous years. His current strikeout total of 45 is nearly equal to his strikeout total of 51 from 2022. Additionally, he currently has a 2.50 ERA, which ties him for 14th place in that category.
It’s evident that Megill has made some changes and improvements to step up his game and win a position on the All-Star squad since he has been providing the Mets with reliable and consistent length in their rotation. Throughout his five-year major league career with the Mets, he has never been in the All-Star Game. However, based on subsequent mound performances before to mid-July, things might easily alter.
2) Griffin Canning
Another pitcher who has excelled in the beginning rotation for the Mets is Griffin Canning. In order to strengthen their starting pitching depth, which at the time included Frankie Montas and Sean Manaea, the Mets signed him this summer. Since then, they have been on the disabled list, which has allowed Canning to settle into the center of the rotation. He has performed well enough thus far that he may have a chance to make his first appearance in the All-Star Game and may even be able to continue playing even when Montas and Manaea return.
Similar to Megill, Canning has been a superb innings eater both this season and in his career, with a 2.50 ERA in seven starts. With the exception of the game against the Athletics, he has pitched five or more innings in every start. Restricting the number of earned runs is one of his strong points. He gave up the most runs this season—four—during his start against the A’s. Additionally, he has excelled at limiting big hits, especially home runs. He just gave up the third home run in 36 innings thrown during his most recent start on May 5 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Canning has started seven games so far, and the Mets have won five of them. If he pitches effectively for the foreseeable future and when reinforcements arrive, they have a good challenge on their hands. He may easily make it to his first All-Star Game because of the length he gives them and his ability to limit the big hits.
3) Luisangel Acuña
Luisangel Acuña is the only position player with a chance to make it to the All-Star Game for the first time. As the April 2025 National League Rookie of the Month and one of the Mets’ best prospects in their farm system, he has performed admirably as the team’s second baseman thus far, both offensively and defensively, particularly before to Jeff McNeil’s injury.
In his first 31 games this season, Acuña has 25 hits on offense. He has managed to reach base on a regular basis and give the Mets excellent offense at the plate, even if he only has three RBIs. He now has a batting average of.298—the second-best of all the Mets hitters—while Pete Alonso leads the club in that area with.349 at the moment. He is essentially continuing where he left off at the close of the previous season, when he hit.308 and recorded an OPS of.966.
Acuña has continuously shown his mettle in the infield on the defensive end of the diamond. For instance, on May 4, while playing third base against the St. Louis Cardinals, he sprinted up to a ground ball, threw to first base, and got the third out of the inning. This was his most recent defensive highlight.
When it comes to batters reaching base and making plays on the field, Acuña can have an impact for the Mets. If he continues, he has the potential to be a very young player with exceptional talent on the All-Star team for a person his age.
