Report: Mets, Along With Yankees And Others, Linked To Edward Cabrera
Several different media outlets reported on trade talks surrounding Miami Marlins starting pitcher Edward Cabrera on Sunday. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald specifically mentioned the New York Mets as an interested party. The New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, and Baltimore Orioles have all also been tied in the Cabrera talks. It appears the Yankees are currently the most serious of the suitors according to Craig Mish of Sportsgrid.
Cabrera, 27, is coming off by far his best season in the big leagues. In 2025, he threw a career-high 137 2/3 innings posting a 3.53 ERA and 150 strikeouts. The underlying metrics were strong as well as he boasted a 3.83 FIP and 3.99 xERA.
The hard-throwing righty has always relied on above average ground-ball rates. He featured a five-pitch mix in 2025, throwing a changeup, curveball, and sinker between 20.6% and 25.8% of the time. He also mixed in a slider (17.3%) and four-seamer (12.7%). His best pitches have historically been the changeup and curveball each of which own uniquely higher velocity (84 mph on the curveball, 94.2 mph on the changeup in 2025).
Cabrera’s two concerns have always been walks and durability. His walk rate bottomed out in 2023, sitting at 15.2% which was the league’s first percentile. He was able to improve that figure to a career-best 8.3% mark in 2025 (43rd percentile). Also in 2025, he posted a career-high in innings pitched at 137 2/3. The previous four seasons he was at marks of 96 1/3, 99 2/3, 71 2/3, and 26 1/3, respectively. 2025 was the first time he hit the 100-inning mark.
The stuff is all there to be an elite top-of-the-rotation starter. 2025 was the closest we have seen Cabrera get to that. If he is able to improve his overall durability and limit the walks, as he improved on last season, emerging as a top-of-the-rotation starter may become a reality.
It remains to be seen what it would take to acquire Cabrera. However, at only 27 years old, with limited wear and tear innings-wise, any package would surely not be cheap. Not to mention, he is under team control through the 2028 season and won’t be a free agent until 2029.
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