I've posted this earlier elsewhere, but I'll expand it a little bit here.
If the Mets want Means, they can get him. Steve Cohen didn't drop 2.4B on the Mets and commit to winning a Championship in "the next 5 years, maybe more than one" because he's going to sit around. He's built his billions as a Hedge Fund Manager and he certainly knows how to leverage an asset.
All he needs to do is offer to take Davis' contract. There'd be other stuff involved and they have to make some prospects part of it, but it's there if he wants it. The Orioles (nothing to do with Elias) can't say no.
Carrasco hasn't come off the IL yet, Peterson had another rough outing the other day, top pitching prospect Matt Allen just went down for TJS. Means has 3 years of control after 2021 and that matches up well with the investment they've made thru 2024 in arguably the best pitcher (deGrom) in MLB. Adding a dominant LHer to pair with deGrom would be a statement to all (and not just this year).
The Mets could use a couple of decent role pieces too like a LHRP (Fry or Scott) and a RHed 4th OF type (like McKenna).
You could build the prospect pieces out of the top of the system. Ronny Mauricio is a MLB top10, 20 year old, switch-hitting, SS prospect...and he's 'extra' with Lindor signed for more than a decade. Pre-no-no, I mentioned Vientos in the other discussion, you could probably argue for the higher ranked (and MLB ranked) 3B prospect Brett Baty. You can make an argument for any other 2 guys outside of the top15.
If you like the Trade Simulator site, you won't like the trade 'value' of Means because it suggests you could simply trade Mauricio for Means...I'm comfortable saying that wrong.
So if the real pieces of the deal are
Means, Fry (or Scott) and McKenna
for
Mauricio, Baty, and 2 lesser players
...they kind of fit and Mauricio and Baty add top100 guys to the Oriole minors at positions of perceived need.
If the Met's offer to move now and take Davis's contract (17M this year and next, plus 12M in deferred money) that leaves the Orioles on the hook for 30M in deferred money (from last 5 years), I don't think the Orioles can say no.
One addition to the trade could be Syndergaard. He's returning from surgery in a couple months but he's unlikely to be back in form until at least next year. He'd be some 2021 salary offset and if he comes back and pitches some, maybe you get something else for him later and move some more salary. Not necessary, but the Mets may just want to move on because it's possible his pitching recovery and the offseason isn't something they want as a distraction.
deGrom, Means, Stroman is a Playoff nightmare for any opposition.
I'd love Means to stay an Oriole but Cohen can get him if he decides he wants him.