{"id":650970,"date":"2026-03-29T18:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/650970\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T18:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:37:16","slug":"mets-lose-free-agent-they-were-interested-in-to-lousy-al-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/650970\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets lose free agent they were interested in to lousy AL team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/new-york-mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Mets<\/a> know that they&#8217;ll need pitching throughout the season, and it almost came in the form of a reunion with a player who was on the roster from 2018 to 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, right-hander Drew Smith drew interest across the league after being released by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/washington-nationals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, and the Mets were one of the teams in the mix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrew Smith, whom the Nationals released last week, has drawn interest from 15+ teams, per source \u2014 including the Mets, who have an open bullpen spot,\u201d DiComo reported.<\/p>\n<p>Smith hasn\u2019t pitched in a Major League game in over a year following Tommy John surgery. However, he proved in the prior six seasons that he has above-average stuff, and considering he was in the league for that long, there&#8217;s reason to believe a contending team like the Mets would be interested.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that reality, Smith took a deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/minnesota-twins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Twins<\/a>, according to Dan Hayes of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>There was still risk, of course. Anytime a team is dealing with a pitcher coming off Tommy John surgery, it&#8217;s fair to wonder how they&#8217;ll look. However, the upside is there, and clearly, the Twins know that.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets know that they&#8217;ll need pitching throughout the season, and it almost came in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203],"class_list":{"0":"post-650970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mets","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-mets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkmets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116313918627066852","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650970","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=650970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}