To say the Mets had an eventful offseason is the understatement of the century. One person who will agree with that is the man who did a lot of the work to get deals done: general manager Billy Eppler.
Will Sammon of The Athletic wrote an intriguing article after having a conversation with Eppler. After all, this past winter was the most expensive offseason in franchise history. We need to know some of the details, right?
The Mets committed about $500 million in total contract guarantees, which was easily a franchise record.