Skubal to meet with 6 teams, including Mets, Dodgers and Padres, with December lockout looming

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Free-agent pitcher Tarik Skubal is scheduled to meet with six teams, including the Mets, Dodgers, and Padres, as the MLB offseason approaches. The meetings come with a December lockout looming, though team executives say they intend to proceed with business as usual.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — With a lockout looming and team executives vowing to take a business-as-usual approach to the offseason, the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are among six teams set to meet with top free-agent pitcher Tarik Skubal.Skubal's planned meetings were disclosed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because those details had not been announced.