Updated Post: Nov 10 at 4:49 pm

Pitching

While the Mets look to add to their rotation, the team is also listening on their pitchers. Will Sammon of The Athletic reports that teams have checked in on RHP Kodai Senga. Senga had an up-and-down 2025, pitching to an overall 3.02 ERA in 22 games. He struck out 109 batters and walked 55. However, most of his success came before being placed on the injured list with a hamstring injury in mid-June. Until then, he posted a remarkable 1.47 ERA in 13 games, striking out 70 and walking 30 across 73.2 innings of work.

Upon Senga’s return a month later in July, the 32-year-old posted an abysmal 5.90 ERA in 10 games, walking 24 and striking out 39. Batters found success against Senga, hitting .264 against him (compared to .195 before injury) in that time before a demotion to Triple-A Syracuse in September to work on his mechanics. In his three years with the Mets, Senga owns a 3.00 ERA across 52 starts. He missed significant time in 2024 with a left calf strain.

Sammon notes the Mets will only add two starters if they subtract from their current crop of Clay Holmes, Sean Manaea, Nolan McLean, David Peterson, Jonah Tong, Brandon Sproat, Christian Scott and Senga.

The Mets, however, haven’t shown much interest in dealing Senga as of now. He will enter the fourth year of a five year, $75 million contract in 2026.

First Base

While discussing external options in case Pete Alonso doesn’t re-sign with the Mets, Sammon doesn’t expect the Mets to be big buyers for Japanese players Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto. With the team planning to bolster its defense this offseason, pivoting to these two players isn’t an immediate concern. Of note, Okamoto is a three-time Mitsui Gold Glove Award winner. And, of course, all can change depending on how the market plays.

Original Post: Nov. 10 at 11:45 am

Buckle up, Mets fans. According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Mets will not only be one of the more aggressive teams this free winter, but to address their starting pitching woes, they might add two front-line starters instead of just one. 

After having the richest payroll in 2025 and failing to make the playoffs, Nightengale notes Steve Cohen will want to ensure that doesn’t happen again. 

The free agent class for pitchers is headlined by Dylan Cease, Framber Valdez, Ranger Suárez, Shota Imanaga and Michael King. Of course, Japanese ace Tatsuya Imai will be in the equation and might be the hottest commodity of all since he doesn’t have a qualifying offer attached to him (which Cease, Valdez, Suárez, Imanaga and King all do).

Of course, the Mets could dip into the free agent pool for one pitcher and then strike a trade for the likes of Joe Ryan or another front-line starter that aligns with New York’s plans.

Entering 2026, the Mets have Clay Holmes, Sean Manaea, Kodai Senga, Nolan McLean and David Peterson as rotation options with Jonah Tong and Brandon Sproat in the wings (but they will likely start in Triple-A). The rotation finished 18th in ERA in 2025 (4.13), but post-All-Star break, they had the fourth-worst team ERA (5.31). The starting rotation led the NL in walks in 2025 (324) and tallied the third-worst quality starts (39). For reference, the Phillies had the most quality starts with 84.