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Ranking Mets' top free agent targets for 2024-25 MLB offseason
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From 2018 to 2021 he had a 2.82 ERA (3.16 FIP) and 0.98 WHIP while striking out 620 batters in 564.0 innings -- a strikeout rate a tick under 10.0 per nine.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd while Buehler struggled this past season during what was his first year back after having Tommy John surgery in August of 2022 (his second TJS, after also having the procedure in 2015), there are reasons to believe he'll be able to return to form in 2025 as he enters his age-30 season.\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNo. 2: Roki Sasaki\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSasaki is quite simply one of the most talented pitchers to ever hit the free agent market. 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