Starting pitching is the biggest need for the New York Mets this winter, and there isn't any way to hide it. After a lack of quality starters caused the team to miss the playoffs last season, David Stearns knows he has to rebuild the rotation.

With Dylan Cease already signing this winter and other pitchers such as Sonny Gray and Johan Oviedo being traded to the Boston Red Sox, the starting pitching market is already in motion. It's only a matter of time before more players are traded and signed.

Former general manager Jim Bowden on Friday predicted the Mets to sign Houston Astros ace Framber Valdez to a massive seven-year deal worth $218 million.

"Framber Valdez to the New York Mets for 7 years, $218 million: The Mets need an ace at the top of the rotation and Valdez can be just tha

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