JUPITER, Fla. — The Opening Day roster likely won’t be settled until the Mets arrive in New York this week, but two veterans have been eliminated from the mix.

Mike Tauchman, who was competing for an outfield job, will undergo surgery for a torn meniscus in his left knee, according to manager Carlos Mendoza.

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In addition, reliever Craig Kimbrel has been told he won’t be on the Opening Day roster.

Tauchman departed Saturday’s exhibition game with left knee discomfort, and an MRI exam revealed the meniscus tear.

Mendoza did not have a timeline for Tauchman’s potential return.

Tauchman, 35, arrived to the team on a minor league deal and was a candidate to stick in either a starting or backup role.

But even with Tauchman removed from consideration, Mendoza declined to say if top position prospect Carson Benge has won a spot.

Benge, 23, has thrived this spring and appears to have a foothold on the right field job.

Kimbrel, 37, must decide whether he wants to remain with the organization and accept a minor league assignment.

Mendoza said lefties Bryan Hudson and Richard Lovelady are the remaining players in camp competing for the final bullpen spot.

Mendoza indicated that three players — Benge, Jared Young and Vidal Bruján — are essentially competing for two roster spots.

Bruján would provide additional infield depth, but the Mets also have Brett Baty as a reserve.

Bruján offers coverage at shortstop, but team officials could also decide Bo Bichette offers enough insurance at the position.

Bichette, the starting third baseman, played a game at shortstop in recent days just to reacquaint himself with his old position.

Young, who appeared in 22 games for the Mets last season, would bring a left-handed bat off the bench.

Benge produced an .874 OPS in the Grapefruit League while showing his skill defensively.

“He looks like a big leaguer,” Mendoza said. “It’s not so much the results. You don’t put too much in the results in spring training, it’s just the at-bat quality, his ability to make adjustments from pitch to pitch, whether it’s lefties or righties, and the engagement on defense not only with Gilbert [Gomez] as the outfield coach, but with guys right next to him, when he’s playing center, when he’s playing right, it’s just the overall awareness of his game. It’s been pretty impressive.”

Kimbrel, who owns 440 career saves, was unimpressive in the Grapefruit League, struggling with his control.

Lovelady or Hudson would give the Mets a second true lefty reliever, behind Brooks Raley, to start the season.

The Mets also have lefty Sean Manaea as a piggyback reliever who will pitch in multiple-inning bursts to remain stretched out early in the season before he’s utilized as a sixth starter.

“We’re looking at a lot of different things,” Mendoza said. “We have got two lefties now. We are also looking for guys who can provide pitches in this scenario, especially early on we say the value of that extra arm that can provide 35-40 pitches if we need to. Even though Craig went two ups the other day, we are not comfortable to get him there yet.”

Kimbrel is leaning toward remaining in the organization, according to Mendoza.

“He likes it here,” Mendoza said. “He wants to win, but he also is going to look around for opportunities. But there’s a good chance he stays back in Florida and continues to pitch until the opportunity presents itself. That shows you who he is as a person, as a human, as a competitor, because he sees a very good opportunity here.”