PORT ST. LUCIE — Could the Mets depart this low-key Treasure Coast town that they’ve called their home away from home since 1988 and start anew elsewhere in Florida?
Probably not, but tension between the Mets and their Sunshine State host has created a second Mets-related deadline, this one having nothing to do with Jacob deGrom.
On Tuesday, the St. Lucie County Commission will meet and decide whether to greenlight an additional $25 million — on top of the $55 million already committed — for a renovation of the Mets’ First Data Field complex. If the Commission doesn’t approve this, an industry source said, the Mets will pull out of the 25-year extension that they signed in 2016 and explore the market.