You are likely aware of the plight of the New York Mets. Not the plight of the New York Mets in perpetuity in this instance, but the plight of the 2023 New York Mets.
They spent big. They spent huge. Then, they spent some more, eventually pushing their season’s payroll into levels only seen by Elon Musk when trying to buy companies he’d like to destroy.
Things went sideways early and often, however, and by the time the trade deadline rolled around owner Steve Cohen had seen enough of his big-spending experiment. He dealt away Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, and Mark Canha and their big-money deals, while also flipping away Tommy Pham and David Robertson, too.