Pat Ragazzo

The New York Mets will surely be in on two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal in free agency. But it won't be easy to land Skubal , who could draw the richest contract for a starting pitcher in MLB history.

It appears MLB owners are on the same page regarding a salary cap — even Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter and New York Yankees owner Hal Streinbrenner.

The Chicago Cubs have had great success with Japanese players in recent years from Seiya Suzuki to Shota Imanaga . This offseason, big slugger Teruaki Sato will be posted to MLB and he could be pretty enticing for the Cubs as a free agent target.

The New York Mets have a solid young trio of starting pitchers in Nolan McLean, Christian Scott and Zac Thornton. However, they still need to add multiple pieces to their rotation this offseason. Their top target should be two-time Cy Young winner

The New York Yankees need to make some major roster upgrades in the offseason since they're running it back with Brian Cashman as GM and Aaron Boone as manager

The New York Mets won't be hiring either candidate that was recently linked to the team's hitting coach vacancy. Their former 2015 World Series hitting coach Kevin Long, and Chicago Cubs assistant hitting coach John Mallee, will not join the Mets' coaching staff.

New York Yankees fans have been hoping the team brings in a former championship player to join the coaching staff, but it seems like a pipe dream at this point.

The New York Mets have heavily scouted star Japanese slugger Teruaki Sato. President of baseball operations David Stearns has even traveled to Japan to watch Sato himself. Sato

New York Yankees bench coach Brad Ausmus has been linked to the Houston Astros' managerial job after they parted ways with Joe Espada following the team's early

Trading Teoscar Hernandez could be on the Los Angeles Dodgers offseason agenda. But where might he land?