{"id":31232,"date":"2025-12-06T13:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/metsland-icymi-the-stove-arms-race-is-turning-up-the-heat\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:10:20","slug":"metsland-icymi-the-stove-arms-race-is-turning-up-the-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/metsland-icymi-the-stove-arms-race-is-turning-up-the-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Metsland ICYMI: The Stove Arms Race is Turning Up the Heat!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a summary of the latest Mets news, landing this Friday in case you missed it:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; On the eve of the winter meetings, MLB.com named the Mets among the top contenders for left-handed starter Framber Valdez.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Tigers remain actively involved in trade discussions for left-handed pitcher Tarik Skubal, as reported by ESPN.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Mets and Yankees are both considered key teams interested in starting pitchers Tatsuya Imai and Michael King.<br \/>\n&#8211; In Miami, there is a strong possibility the Marlins could trade one of their starters this offseason, either Sandy Alcantara or Edward Cabrera.<br \/>\n&#8211; During a sports night segment, the big question was which top pitcher the Mets should prioritize targeting.<br \/>\n&#8211; David Starnes joined the updates, noting that right-handed pitcher Cooper Criswell was claimed off waivers from the Red Sox.<br \/>\n&#8211; Dominican prospect Ronnie Mauricio hit a home run in his winter baseball debut.<br \/>\n&#8211; There was also discussion about whether Kyle Schwarber would be a good fit in Queens during New York baseball night.<br \/>\n&#8211; Reliever Devin Williams spoke about potentially joining the Mets on a three-year deal and the new faces in the pitching roster.<br \/>\n&#8211; Williams also commented on the chance of re-signing closer Edwin Diaz, saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s always good to have more and better weapons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fan Take: This roundup highlights how active the Mets are in shaping their pitching staff and roster this offseason. For baseball fans, these moves could signal a thrilling new chapter for the Mets, potentially making them a formidable force in the upcoming season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a summary of the latest Mets news, landing this Friday in case you missed it: &#8211; On the eve of the winter meetings, MLB.com named the Mets among the top contenders for left-handed starter Framber Valdez. &#8211; The Tigers remain actively involved in trade discussions for left-handed pitcher Tarik Skubal, as reported by ESPN. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16],"class_list":{"0":"post-31232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}