The topic of New York Mets payroll was a big one on Friday with Steve Cohen feeling the need to defend a report about what the team could be investing into players next year.
Whether payroll comes down or not will be determined by what the team has planned for the rest of the offseason. Cohen was sure to note the Mets intend to remain flexible about what they may add mid-year such as with waiver claims or trade deadline moves.
Conveniently, the same day the mini-Mets payroll controversy came out we learned exactly how much the team paid last year in luxury tax penalty.