beyond the back page Why the timing may never be better for the Mets to go all-in on Tarik Skubal By Peter Botte Published Nov. 12, 2026, 7:40 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results.
Make New York Post a Preferred Source Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) pitches against the Kansas City Royals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. Carlin Stiehl for CA 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.
Let’s face it, agent Scott Boras isn’t in the practice of settling for fewer years in free agency, as the Mets learned when they outbid the Yankees to land Juan Soto on a landmark 15-year deal in December of 2024.
