Steve Cohen is spending money. The Mets will be hit with the second-highest luxury tax bill in baseball in 2025 after the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers, according to figures finalized Friday by MLB and the players’ union that were obtained by the Associated Press. New York will pay $91.6 million, raising their total tax owed over the last four years under Cohen to $320.3 million, per...
Good morning, Mets fans! According to Alex Speier of the Boston Globe, Shōta Imanaga is now planning on coming to the United States *after* the new year. He is fielding offers and those offers are expected to last past the new year. Latest Mets News According to USA Today, the Mets must pay a luxury tax that totals nearly $101 million. Per Maury Brown of Forbes, the Mets were one of eight clubs...
The New York Mets have to pay just under $101 million in luxury tax fees to Major League Baseball. According to the league, the Mets tax bill totals $100,781,932 million after they went above the luxury tax threshold for the second consecutive season. It is the highest luxury tax bill in major league history, which doubled the previous high of $43.6 million by the 2015 Dodgers. The Mets were hit...
Updated Post – Dec. 3, 2023: Andy Martino of SNY reported that the Mets have the following on their Winter Meetings wishlist: outfielder, starting pitching, and relief pitching. Original Post – The 2023 Winter Meetings are set to begin on Monday in Nashville. The meetings will run from December 3 through the 6th. With a plethora of roster spots open, president of baseball operations,...
We’ve updated the previous piece to include the signings of Brandon Nimmo and David Robertson. With the Winter Meetings wrapped up, it’s time to take inventory of how much payroll the Mets have added with their signings of multiple starting pitchers, a trade for a legitimate high-leverage lefty reliever, and a Rule 5 Draft selection. The additions help fill the massive voids left...
With the calendar turning to March, Opening Day is now less than a month away, meaning there isn’t much time left for the New York Mets to extend multiple impending free agents before the regular season begins. While the focus is currently on the upcoming campaign, and rightly so, the Mets’ front office also has its hands full with taking care of some future business this spring, as...
While this offseason isn’t finished just yet, the New York Mets have already done an excellent job at improving their roster over the last couple of months and the club appears to be better positioned to compete for a playoff spot this season compared to how they were constructed at the start of last season. After acquiring impact players like Francisco Lindor, Carlos Carrasco, James...
Why I Started Looking At Deferred Contracts The running joke by many baseball writers, fans, and TV networks was the deferred contract the Mets agreed to give Bobby Bonilla. Instead of simply laugh, I decided to dig deeper into his contract and deferred contracts in-general. I realized that the deferment with Bonilla actually worked out for the Mets in some regards – allowed them to...
Dennis Lin of The Athletic reports that the San Diego Padres have shown interest in acquiring Red Sox superstar outfielder Mookie Betts. Lin says recent talks have focused on “significant” prospect talent and Padres outfielder Wil Myers. The Red Sox have roughly $230 million committed for the 2020 season and owner John Henry has said he would like to see them under the $208 million...
Good morning Mets fans! Wednesday was a particularly quiet day around Major League baseball. Of course, the Mets have still not added any additional bullpen pieces to their roster, which was their biggest weakness in 2019. Dellin Betances is arguably the best available reliever left on the market, but the Mets are currently balking at adding the former Yankee. Betances is said to be seeking a...
After narrowly missing the playoffs in 2019, the New York Mets have a very pivotal offseason ahead of them. They have a young core of talented players ready to win right now, which includes the presumptive Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Award winners. Still, there are plenty of deficiencies on the roster that need to be addressed, namely the bullpen, the defense and the lack of a clear fifth...
The Washington Nationals went into last offseason knowing they needed a quality starting pitcher to become a legitimate contender for 2019. So what did the Nationals do? They wasted very little time, signing the best starting pitcher on the market in Patrick Corbin. They gave Corbin a six-year, $140 million deal despite already having the costly duo of Stephen Strasburg and Max Scherzer...
