The New York Mets will have three starting pitchers head into free agency after this year. That’s assuming Sean Manaea does the obvious and does opt out of his deal. The veteran lefty has earned a multi-year contract after what he has delivered this season.
A high turnover rate in the rotation can make things difficult especially when the free agent class of pitchers isn’t incredibly heavy. High bidders will include many of the usual suspects. The Mets will, at the very least, be in the market for another one of the pillow contract players like they added this offseason with Manaea and Luis Severino.
One spot that already looks taken is the one belonging to David Peterson. Yet another masterful outing on Saturday night against the San Diego Padres, the lifelong Mets pitcher has kept up with his career theme of being an “every other year” pitcher. The difference with 2024 and the last two even numbered years is he is doing it exclusively out of the rotation and with the best results he has ever gotten…