They won’t raise a pennant for this, but it’s something: The Mets had the best offseason in baseball, according to ESPN. The Amazins were the only club to earn an “A” grade from the Worldwide Leader on its pre-spring training report card.
ESPN’s David Schoenfeld writes:
The Mets’ payroll, including tax penalties, will be a projected $468.5 million — more than $150 million higher than the Yankees’ payroll. … The Mets spent, and spent big — some of it on re-signing their own players and some of it on replacing free agents with new free agents.