As one of the slowest offseasons in baseball history as continued to move along at a snail’s pace, we all learned recently that the Mets might actually be interested in adding a starting pitcher. That tidbit of information came with a caveat, of course: Don’t get your hopes up about Yu Darvish and Jake Arrieta, as the team is considering a lesser tier of pitchers. And at the moment, there are quite a few pitchers left on the open market.
The fact that pitchers like Darvish and Arrieta weren’t ever under consideration for the Mets shouldn’t be ignored.