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The former Phillie has a small chance to crack the starting rotation.

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images After the conclusion of the 2020 season, the Mets were an important lesson in building actual pitching depth. The team featured some of the worst starting pitching in baseball last year largely due to their lack of depth and complete unpreparedness for injuries. This is after they had gone into the year touting their starting depth and patting themselves on the back for the job they did building it just because they happened to have six starting pitchers on the major league roster instead of the requisite five. This was common belief the Mets frequently c...

The Mets have agreed to terms on a contract with free-agent right-hander Taijuan Walker. Read more about the move at MLB Trade Rumors.

MLB Trade Rumors The Mets have circled back around to free-agent right-hander Taijuan Walker and engaged his camp in “extensive” discussions, SNY’s Andy Martino reports. Walker is the club’s top target over righty Jake Odorizzi at the moment, per the report. Metsmerized’s Michael Mayer connected the two sides this week as well, adding that the righty has been looking for a multi-year deal worth $10MM+ annually. Still just 28 years old, Walker is one of the youngest free agents on the market but has yet to find a multi-year offer to his liking. The former top prospect missed the va...

share-square-638335 NEW YORK -- The Mets continued their offseason-long task of building up their starting pitching depth, acquiring right-handed starter Jordan Yamamoto from the Marlins for Minor League infielder Federico Polanco on Monday. Yamamoto joins Joey Lucchesi, Sean Reid-Foley, Yennsy Díaz, Jerad Eickhoff and others as depth acquisitions with Major League experience -- even if the results of that experience have been checkered. Following a promising rookie season in 2019 in which he posted a 4.46 ERA over 15 starts, Yamamoto produced an 18.26 mark over four outing in 2020. More tha...