The Mets have put out the vibe they are “nowhere near done” this offseason, an industry source said Monday. As well they shouldn’t be, not after scoring a huge victory over their own player Yoenis Cespedes that left them with about $20 million more of wiggle room for their 2020 player payroll.
Given the secrecy surrounding the Cespedes settlement — the result of the eccentric outfielder agreeing to dramatically reduce his salary rather than selling his “I fell into a hole on my ranch due to an interaction with an animal, and that’s how I suffered multiple fractures to my right ankle” story to a third-party arbitrator — it isn’t clear precisely how far this change drops the Mets below the $208 million luxury-tax threshold.