{"id":280817,"date":"2025-11-09T07:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T07:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/280817\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T07:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T07:09:10","slug":"mets-urged-to-sign-zac-gallen-away-from-diamondbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/280817\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets urged to sign Zac Gallen away from Diamondbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Mets urged to sign Zac Gallen away from Diamondbacks<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a disappointing 2025 campaign, the New York Mets<\/a> enter a pivotal offseason as team president David Stearns<\/a> faces key roster decisions. Chief among the questions awaiting the club this winter are whether to re-sign free agent Pete Alonso<\/a> and how to improve the starting rotation.<\/p>\n

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Some view free agent hurler Zac Gallen<\/a> as a prime target for the starter-needy Mets. Assuming the Arizona Diamondbacks don\u2019t re-sign the 30-year-old pitcher, who\u2019s spent nearly his entire career with the team, Harold Reynolds sees the Mets making a move<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet a healthy arm, Mets!\u201d Reynolds suggested, when discussing Gallen\u2019s free agency on MLB Network\u2019s Hot Stove. \u201cJersey kid. I\u2019m with you,\u201d co-host Matt Vasgersian agreed. \u201cI\u2019ll also say the Mets because I think they\u2019re going to be in on all the starting pitching this winter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is Zac Gallen a good fit for the Mets\u2019 rotation?\"Mark<\/p>\n

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Gallen picked a bad time to have the worst season of his career. He became a free agent after signing a one-year, $13.5 million contract with the Diamondbacks last offseason. It was the third straight one-year contract he signed with Arizona.<\/p>\n

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The All-Star righty went 13-15 while recording career-worst marks in ERA (4.83), K\/9 (8.2), ERA+ 89 and bWAR (1.1). Despite the poor season, teams were still interested in Gallen at the trade deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The seventh-year veteran has proven himself a quality starter. Gallen had finished top 10 in Cy Young voting three times in the previous five seasons. He was also a key member of the Diamondbacks team that reached the World Series in 2023.<\/p>\n

The Mets need to bolster their rotation. New York found itself at a crossroads in 2025. The team\u2019s veteran starters \u2013 Kodai Senga, David Peterson and Clay Holmes \u2013 struggled down the stretch. The Mets turned to a trio of rookies to save the season. Ultimately the strategy failed.<\/p>\n

New York won the offseason last year, landing free agent prize Juan Soto. After an unexpected run to the NLCS in 2024, the team was expected to compete for a championship. Despite spending big, the Mets came up small<\/a> in a massively disappointing season.<\/p>\n

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But New York has the foundation of a starting staff with Nolan McLean, Peterson and Senga. Adding Gallen to the mix could help the Mets rebound in 2026.<\/p>\n

Related: Mets star Juan Soto makes surprise visit to Mets Academy in the Dominican Republic<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: The $144 million contract Mets must give Pete Alonso in free agency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post Mets urged to sign Zac Gallen away from Diamondbacks appeared first on ClutchPoints. After a disappointing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[2317,20913,1188,1318,148661,7842,33987,363,1189,56394,9888,99,38788],"class_list":{"0":"post-280817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","9":"tag-clay-holmes","10":"tag-david-peterson","11":"tag-free-agent","12":"tag-harold-reynolds","13":"tag-juan-soto","14":"tag-kodai-senga","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-new-york-mets","17":"tag-nolan-mclean","18":"tag-pete-alonso","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-zac-gallen"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}