A former NL East rival is on the Mets’ radar.
The Mets have been scheduled to satisfy with former Pink Sox and Phillies righty starter Nick Pivetta’s brokers Wednesday, The Publish’s Jon Heyman solely reported.
With Juan Soto now secured on a 15-year, $765 million deal, the Mets can flip their consideration to upgrading a pitching employees that misplaced Luis Severino to the A’s and could possibly be with out free agent Sean Manaea.
Pivetta, 31, went 6-12 with a 4.14 ERA spanning 27 outings (26 begins) with the Pink Sox final season.
He’s 56-71 with a 4.76 ERA spanning his eight-season profession with the Phillies (2017-20) and Pink Sox (2020-24) and has expertise as each a starter and reliever.
Pivetta has proven flashes the place may be dominant, however there are occasions the place he pitches like a No. 5 starter. He does generate strikeouts, averaging 10.0 per 9 innings for his profession.
The one caveat with Pivetta is that the Mets and another suitor apart from Boston must forfeit draft picks to signal him since he turned down the qualifying supply from Boston.
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The Mets already are already quick on picks after signing Soto.
Pursuing a pitcher like Pivetta matches the Mets’ technique below new baseball czar David Stearns, who has focused mid-level starters — the Mets already added Frankie Montas — over pursuing the high-priced free brokers, like latest Yankee Max Fried and present free agent Corbin Burnes.
The Mets have additionally added former Yankees nearer Clay Holmes in hope of changing him to a beginning pitcher, with the fallback choice of him serving as Edwin Diaz’s setup man.
The Montas and Holmes offers are price roughly $30 million mixed, in comparison with the $27.25 million the Yankees are investing yearly on common so as to add Fried.
It’s attainable the Mets may additionally reunite with Manaea, though he figures to command $20-plus million per 12 months because of his implausible 2024 marketing campaign.
