The Mets' roster revamp continued on Monday, when they traded Jeff McNeil to the Athletics and sent $5.75 million to help offset the money left on his contract for good measure. They got just a single minor league arm in return in what was a salary dump.
New York has now lost four long-term pillars of their team one way or the other. Pete Alonso went to the Orioles, Edwin Díaz, of course, came to the Dodgers, Brandon Nimmo was traded to the Rangers, and now McNeil is stuck in Sacramento.
Owner Steve Cohen has tried to assuage fans' fears by tweeting that he expects the Mets' 2026 payroll to look similar to 2025.