The Mets are talking to free agent pitcher Rick Porcello, according to Jon Heyman, who notes that Matt Cerrone reported interest between the two parties last week. The soon-to-be 31-year-old is coming off an awful season in Boston in which he finished the year with a 5.52 ERA in 32 starts.
Just one of Porcello’s five seasons between 2015 and 2019 was particularly good, and that lone season came back in 2016 when he won the American League Cy Young. The Mets would undoubtedly higlight the fact that Porcello is a former winner of the award if they were to sign him, fully basking in the irony of sitting out the free agent sweepstakes for Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg, both of whom are far better pitchers despite not having won that award themselves.