There is a "growing belief" around baseball that the New York Mets will hang onto starting pitcher Justin Verlander through Tuesday's trade deadline, per SNY's Andy Martino:
"The Mets are listening when teams call on Justin Verlander, but are placing an extremely high value on him -- which on Sunday led to a growing belief in the industry that Verlander will stay put through Tuesday's deadline, according to multiple rival executives," Martino wrote.
"Teams expecting the type of salary relief that the Mets gave the Texas Rangers for Max Scherzer -- approximately $35 million -- are finding that the Mets are valuing Verlander differently.