The Milwaukee Brewers are acquiring first baseman Carlos Santana from Pittsburgh Pirates, a source confirms to Ken_Rosenthal.
Verlander is owed roughly $14.5 million through the end of the season and another $43.3 million for 2024. He has a vesting option for $35 million in 2025 provided he throws 140 innings in 2024 and doesn’t have a right arm injury that would prevent him from being on the active roster to begin the 2025 season.
The Mets believed that Verlander could continue excellence at 40 years old because they learned in their meetings with him that he’s someone who challenges the status quo and seeks ways to improve. He evolves. Verlander’s 2023 season has tested him in those ways; he’s been forced to reflect, change and implement new ideas, especially regarding his release point and pitch mix. After a slow start — he missed the first month because of a minor injury — Verlander has turned things around.
Verlander said recently that he still viewed the Mets as a team he could win with. He added that he remained committed to New York and that he didn’t sign just a one-year deal. Indeed, Verlander’s contract says he will be with the Mets at least through the 2024 season. It also contains a no-trade clause. Verlander’s comments don’t ensure he wouldn’t waive the clause, but it’s important to note that he has enjoyed living and playing in New York.
From the team’s perspective, it makes sense to keep Verlander around for the same reasons they signed him in the first place. The short-term pact was supposed to help keep the Mets competitive in the immediate future while their farm system — which lacks major league-ready pitching prospects — catches up. Over the last month, Verlander has proven he belongs among the game’s top couple tiers of pitchers, even if he may not be the absolute ace he was last year.Similar to Scherzer’s.
See above with Scherzer, with the caveat that Verlander is pitching better this season. The Mets can maybe play with the dial a little more on how much of the ’24 salary they eat to get a return worth considering.Given the likely cost and what losing Verlander would do for their chances of winning the rest of the season plus in 2024 — it’s not that easy to replace someone like him and find a way to improve the rotation — the level of interest should be low.
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