Every year, Max over at Royals Review runs an offseason simulation, and 30 volunteer GMs take a shot at managing their team. Last year’s collapse down the stretch and flop in the wild card round left a bitter taste in Mets fans’ mouths, and there’s a lot of work to do on this roster. Still, there are strong pieces in place and we’ve got quite a budget to work with.
Max set our recommended budget at $276M, and I argued it should be a bit higher at around $300M a spending level I think is more than justified for Steve Cohen (he’ll likely need to spend at least that much to field a true contending roster in 2023).