If the New York Mets want to be no-doubt World Series contenders, they need to add one more starting pitcher. There's a lot to like about the Mets' current rotation, but the overall picture has too many moving parts.

The Padres have been said through much of the offseason to be looking for ways to shed payroll and chief among those ways is the rumored potential trade of ace Dylan Cease. Among other teams, obviously,

The Mets showed they don’t like long-term deals for pitchers when they didn’t pursue Max Fried or Corbin Burnes, but they’ve been trying for Padres rental ace Dylan Cease (and presumably would also consider rotation mate Michael King).