Overview
- Reporting indicates New York aims to add at least one starter with frontline credentials via trade or free agency after last season’s instability.
- Stearns acknowledged Senga’s two challenging years and did not commit to 30 starts, and coverage suggests the club could listen on offers given his upside and uncertainty.
- From June 14 on, Mets starters logged a league-low 423 2/3 innings with a 5.31 ERA, underscoring the need for durability.
- Prospects Nolan McLean, Jonah Tong, and Brandon Sproat offer controllable depth, but analysts caution against counting on them as top-of-rotation solutions right away.
- One analysis highlights Michael King as a potential free-agent fit to raise the rotation’s floor, while separate needs include center-field offense and a push to retain closer Edwin Díaz.