Is there anything worse than waking up to a last-place New York Mets team? Yes, unfortunately, there is. July 1 is a day that is infamous among Mets fans. It is a yearly reminder of just how poor this franchise is at navigating the financial aspects of this game. Today is the day that payroll shells out $1.19 million to a player who last suited up for the Mets in 1999. Happy Bobby Bonilla day everybody.
Bonilla first joined the Mets in 1991 when he signed a five-year, $29 million contract with the Amazins’. At the time, the deal made Bonilla the highest paid player in Major League Baseball.