Jon Heyman The surprising wild card in Mets’ Tarik Skubal pursuit By Jon Heyman Published Nov. 10, 2026, 9:50 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results.
Make New York Post a Preferred Source Tarik Skubal #29 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts against the Milwaukee Brewers. Getty Images LAS VEGAS — The Padres look like a big threat to the Mets for superstar free agent left-hander Tarik Skubal, and like the Mets, they are planning to meet with Skubal in the near future.
While the Mets are perhaps considered the favorite for Skubal due to Steve Cohen’s largesse, the Padres are an interesting wild card in the derby.
Their new owners, José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones, are “very committed” to winning, Padres GM A.J. Preller said.
No one’s more committed to it, of course, than Preller, who somehow convinced previous owner Peter Seidler to dole out $1.2B in contracts for Fernando Tatis Jr., Xander Bogaerts and Manny Machado (two $300M contracts).
