McMonigle trying to understand Mets starting rotation plan
The Mets reportedly signed Griffin Canning to a one-year deal worth $4.25 million on Wednesday night, acquiring a starter who ranked near the bottom of the league in multiple key statistical categories among qualified starters last season.
Chris McMonigle understands that the Canning addition is likely nothing more than a depth signing, but with the absence of any reports linking New York to a top rotation arm, he has trouble understanding the team's strategy when it comes to the starting rotation.
"I'm trying to find a way and trying to understand what the Mets are doing," C-Mac said. "They're getting depth at the starting pitching spot...but it's harder to find a worse starting pitcher who made 30-plus starts last year.
"This is a depth piece to a rotation that you know they will go six deep...and you need a lot of arms. So, on the surface, sure, this isn't the worst thing in the world. If it doesn't work out, it's $4 million. Who cares? That's nothing to Steve Cohen...so I understand what the signing is, but what I don't understand is why it seems to be the only thing they want to do with starting pitching."
The Mets made the biggest splash of the offseason by acquiring Juan Soto, but the rotation still has multiple holes, and C-Mac says there is work to be done to get the Mets into the top tier of true contenders in the National League.
"You're competing for a World Series in an impossibly tough National League," C-Mac said. "If you think you have cornered the market on fixing troubled starting pitchers, and you think you can go into the season with a rotation of a bunch of arms and see what sticks, I don't see that being successful.
"When are they even going to approach getting someone of significance?"
