Source: New York Post
We all have heard the arguments by now from both sides about whether or not the Mets really should push hard to sign supreme free-agent pitcher Tarik Skubal. You can count me firmly in the camp of those who believe this is precisely the star hurler that deep-pocketed owner Steve Cohen should do whatever it takes to install atop the Mets’ starting rotation for the next eight or nine years. As the two-time Cy Young winner prepares to meet with the Mets and other suitors — with The Post’s Jon Heyman adding the Blue Jays now to the list of interested teams — Cohen and the Mets should not be deterred by the so-called “cons” of signing Skubal, most notably the pending labor doom and gloom casting a pall over the 2027 MLB season.
