There’s no better dream candidate for the New York Mets rotation than Tarik Skubal. In an attempt to acquire him, the Mets run into two obstacles. The first is the Detroit Tigers don’t want to trade him. The second is the Mets wouldn’t be willing to send them what it would take to get them to budge.
The latest Tigers rumors do little to help the Mets and have even less to do with Skubal. Detroit is showing interest in a pair of free agent pitchers who’d, at least in theory, be a good match for the Mets rotation.