Of the players you listed:
Delgado: Is being paid $16 million this year, and we are on the hook for a $4 million option buyout of next year. I suppose we could eat some money on that but otherwise his trade value is low.
Alou and Perez: are free agents at the end of the year. Alou would have ot show some extended health to have value, and Perez has tanked his value so far. We can't expect to be getting top flight prospects in return for either of them. Even if we traded both of them, we'd be saving at best $8 million.
Castillo is signed through the 2011 season. Nobody's taking that in a trade.
There's no sense in giving up on Pelfrey; the Mets need him (badly) to be ready as a starter next year.
Easley is signed through this year, we won't get anything better by dumping him.
Anderson has no value while injured. He's signed through 2009.
Beltran and Heilman are the only two players (that you listed) that could viably bring back meaningful pieces. I'm curious as to what Beltran could bring back in a trade, but my gut feeling is that it's better for the Mets to hold on to him.
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