A $200 million contract for Dylan Cease has a way of resetting the room. Suddenly every team with October aspirations is staring at the board and realizing that elite pitching, once again, holds the offseason by the collar. Ranger Suarez has a crowd around him. Framber Valdez is drawing steady calls. Tatsuya Imai has half the league waiting out his posting process. And if the New York Mets want to shift their 2026 trajectory from hopeful to legitimate, they know the drill: frontline pitching or bust.

Mets Turning Back to a Familiar Arm

Here’s the part that shouldn’t surprise anyone who has paid attention to the Mets front office over the last couple of years: their long-standing interest in Michael King never faded. It barely even flickered. King may have left the Yankees for the Padres

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