{"id":504147,"date":"2026-01-03T15:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/504147\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T15:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:56:14","slug":"mlb-rumors-besides-pete-alonso-the-orioles-could-snatch-another-player-targeted-by-the-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/504147\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Rumors: Besides Pete Alonso, the Orioles could snatch another player targeted by the Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">The New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles have been at the center of attention this past offseason following the high-profile departure of <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/pete-alonso\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pete Alonso<\/a>. Looking ahead to the 2026 MLB season, both teams are aiming to bolster their rosters with a major free agent signing.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">According to insider Mark Feinsand, the Orioles have set their sights on former Houston Astros pitcher Framber Valdez, who is also a top target for Carlos Mendoza to add to his team.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">If Baltimore manages to add Valdez to its roster for the upcoming season, he would be yet another player taken from the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/new-york-mets\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mets<\/a>, following Alonso\u2019s decision to leave the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">As of January 2026, Framber Valdez is one of the most prominent free agents on the market after finishing his tenure with the Houston Astros. Following a 2025 season where he posted a 3.66 ERA and 187 strikeouts over 192 innings, Valdez declined a $22 million qualifying offer to seek a long-term deal. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BUS_20260103_BUS_555432_Framber_4cadcac0.webp&#038;width=1280&#038;height=715.webp\" width=\"1280\" height=\"715\" alt=\"Valdez is seeked by the Mets\" class=\"h-auto\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center mt-5 text-[14px] leading-[20px] font-normal\">Valdez is seeked by the Mets<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Currently, he is heavily linked to teams like the Mets, <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/baltimore-orioles\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orioles<\/a>, Giants, and Braves, with projections suggesting a contract in the range of $150\u2013$180 million for five or six seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Another player in the Mets\u2019 crosshairs<a title=\"NY Mets Rumors: Two free agents ruled out by MLB insider\" href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/mlb\/ny-mets-rumors-two-free-agents-ruled-out-by-mlb-insider\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"article-also-read-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-square max-w-[100px] m-[10px] md:m-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767455774_716_image\" alt=\"NY Mets Rumors: Two free agents ruled out by MLB insider\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary my-[13px] uppercase text-alsoReadSeeAlso bg-alsoReadSeeAlsoBackground alsoReadSeeAlso w-fit\">see also<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full line-clamp-3 md:line-clamp-2 text-alsoReadEmbedTitle font-primary alsoReadLink\">NY Mets Rumors: Two free agents ruled out by MLB insider<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">The New York Mets have prioritized stabilizing their starting rotation this winter, leading to significant reports that the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/mlb\/mlb-rumors-ny-mets-linked-to-top-free-agent-starter-as-rotation-questions-persist\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mets are linked to the top free-agent starter<\/a> Ranger Suarez. Following a strong 2025 campaign where he posted a 3.20 ERA and 151 strikeouts over 157.1 innings for the Phillies, the 30-year-old left-hander is viewed by David Stearns and the front office as an ideal veteran presence. <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">His elite command and postseason pedigree\u2014highlighted by a remarkable 1.48 career playoff ERA\u2014make him a primary target to provide much-needed reliability at the top of the Mets\u2019 2026 rotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles have been at the center of attention this past offseason following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2374],"tags":[143,47,2538,5,4,61,125,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-504147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-orioles","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-orioles","10":"tag-baltimoreorioles","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-orioles","15":"tag-pete-alonso"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115831988888917077","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}