{
  "id": 19631208,
  "title": "“You Are Desperate To Be the Dodgers” – Ex-Marlins President Highlights Tarik Skubal’s Appeal to NL East Contender",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/you-are-desperate-to-be-the-dodgers-ex-marlins-president-highlights",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T09:28:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/desperate-dodgers-ex-marlins-president-092852203.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Miami Marlins president David Samson provided insight into Tarik Skubal's free agency and the New York Mets' interest in landing the talented ace. Samson highlighted the Mets' financial capability to match the Dodgers' spending and pursue Skubal, who won two AL Cy Young Awards. He questioned whether Skubal would be a valuable addition to the Mets' rotation, given their reliance on young, controllable pitchers. Samson also mentioned that the Mets were desperate to become the Dodgers, emphasizing their willingness to weaken the competition to strengthen their own team. Meanwhile, New York Mets' President of Baseball Operations David Stearns reiterated the team's commitment to adding more pitching talent, despite already having confidence in their current pitching staff. He stated that the team would engage in long-term negotiations for top talent, just as they had with Skubal in his final season before free agency.",
  "summary": "David Samson, the former president of the Miami Marlins and host of ‘Nothing Personal with David Samson,’ gave his take on Tarik Skubal’s free agency amid growing rumors that the New York Mets are strongly interested in signing the talented ace this offseason. Samson gave his assessment in the latest episode of his podcast on YouTube.",
  "key_points": [
    "Mets show financial capability to match Dodgers for Skubal.",
    "Mets seen as desperate to outdo Dodgers in NL East.",
    "Stearns reaffirms Mets' commitment to long-term pitching negotiations."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}