The Mets already have a lot of money devoted to the injured list on players we won't see at all in 2026.
A running theme throughout the David Stearns era of New York Mets baseball has been a willingness to pay injured players to sit out and rehab. It worked with Brooks Raley this past year, but he was only out for the first few months of the season. It’s a little different when players like Drew Smith, who was signed last offseason, was inked to a deal where it was already known he’d miss an entire season.