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Let’s find the Mets a starting pitcher, Part 1

With free agency officially underway, the Mets have an opportunity to improve upon a relatively positive 2019 season that saw them turn in their first winning record since 2016—and just the third winning season out of their past eleven. The team has several areas of need, but let’s start with a glaringly obvious one: starting pitching.

Right now, the Mets have four-fifths of a good major league rotation with Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Marcus Stroman, and Steven Matz under team control heading into the 2020 season. Things aren’t perfect with those four, but they’re certainly all capable major league starters, at minimum, with Syndergaard having pitched like a borderline ace or clear number two starter for his major league career up until the 2019 season.