SAN DIEGO — Seth Lugo's phone rang more than few times over the offseason. The Mets were never on the other end of call, perhaps because they eyed much larger prizes to fill the vacancies left by Jacob deGrom, Chris Bassitt and Taijuan Walker than moving their longtime reliever into the rotation.
First, they signed Justin Verlander to a two-year, $86.6 million deal.
Then they inked José Quintana for $26 million over two years and Kodai Senga for $75 million over five years.
