The offseason for the New York Mets was the most spectacular of the 30 Major League Baseball teams with the signing of Juan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million contract, which made the
"I've always wanted to be a little more measured in payroll growth, and then we get there and it's never quite there,” Cohen said Tuesday.
Cohen would like to get under that threshold at some point, but not now. Not when the Mets have momentum and not when they have a lineup deep enough to compete with the one out west. The Mets simply aren’t ready to compete with a lower payroll yet. They don’t have a farm system regularly churning out big-league players.
Frankie Montas and Sean Manaea, two starters signed over the winter, will miss the beginning of the season due to injuries.
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The New York Mets are in a tough situation as more pitchers struggle with injuries. Here's all you need to know.