Remember that time the owners decided to add an additional luxury tax penalty level called the Steve Cohen Tax that was supposed to deter the Mets owner from spending like a drunken sailor?
Well, that has failed miserably much to the joy of Mets fans.
Late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, the Mets agreed to a deal with star infielder Carlos Correa for 12 years, $315 million. Cohen called Boras directly once it was known that the deal with the Giants wasn’t getting done and Steve was able to nail down the contract from Hawaii.
The Mets now have arguably the best infield in baseball that includes 10 previous All-Star appearances.
Mets’ owner Steve Cohen has now committed $806.1 million to free agents this offseason.
- INF Carlos Correa: 12 years, $315 million
- OF Brandon Nimmo: 8 years, $162 million
- RHP Edwin Diaz: 5 years, $102 million
- RHP Justin Verlander: 2 years, $86.6 million
- RHP Kodai Senga: 5 years, $75 million
- LHP Jose Quintana: 2 years, $26 million
- RHP Adam Ottavino: 2 years, $14.5 million
- C Omar Narvaez: 2 years, $15 million
- RHP David Robertson: 1 year, $10 million
The Mets payroll for the 2023 season is now around $380 million with Cohen set to pay about $110 million in tax penalties –that’s more than 10 teams current Opening Day 26-man payroll.
North American sports have never seen anything like what the Cohens are doing for their beloved franchise in Queens.
