{"id":120347,"date":"2025-11-16T07:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=120347"},"modified":"2025-11-16T07:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:49:57","slug":"met-alert-the-mets-could-be-facing-a-jaw-dropping-price-to-land-tarik-skubal-sending-shockwaves-through-trade-chatter-as-fans-and-analysts-scramble-to-calculate-the-potential-haul-every-hint-from-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=120347","title":{"rendered":"MET-ALERT: The Mets could be facing a jaw-dropping price to land Tarik Skubal, sending shockwaves through trade chatter as fans and analysts scramble to calculate the potential haul. Every hint from insiders suggests the stakes are higher than anyone expected, and the looming deal could redefine the team\u2019s offseason strategy..ll"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAS VEGAS \u2014 Tarik Skubal is positioned this week to enter rarefied air among pitchers to have won consecutive American League Cy Young Awards.<\/p>\n

The stud Tigers left-hander isn\u2019t a free agent until after next season, but this winter sits as an attractive trade option for a team willing to part with high-end prospects, at the risk of losing Skubal to free agency next November.<\/p>\n

The Mets, after a season in which their starting rotation crumbled, certainly have the need for such an ace and most importantly the means to retain him, with owner Steve Cohen\u2019s deep pockets.<\/p>\n

But the Tigers, with an eye toward contending next season, very easily could choose to keep Skubal for one last run with him.<\/p>\n

Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns would be remiss at these general managers meetings if he didn\u2019t at least ask the Tigers about Skubal, who, according to The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman, never came close to signing an extension with the Tigers, with the sides at least $250 million apart last season.<\/p>\n

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Tarik Skubal throws a pitch during the Tigers\u2019 Oct. 10 game against the Mariners. Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mets officials have spoken internally about Skubal, who turns 29 this month.<\/p>\n

The belief within is it would take four top prospects to acquire Skubal \u2014 perhaps three rated in organization\u2019s the top 10 and another within the top 20.<\/p>\n

Presuming the Mets wouldn\u2019t entertain a trade involving top prospect Nolan McLean, who figures heavily into the rotation plans for next season, names such as Carson Benge, Jett Williams, Jonah Tong and Brandon Sproat would most prominently come into play.<\/p>\n

The next wave includes names such as Jacob Reimer, A.J. Ewing, Ryan Clifford, Mitch Voit and Elian Pe\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

But even then the Tigers could seek another middle-of-the rotation type pitcher that is major league ready to help fill a gap for 2026.<\/p>\n

Could the Mets insert Clay Holmes or David Peterson into a potential deal to lessen the prospect blow?<\/p>\n