With a loaded free agent class and a collective bargaining agreement negotiation looming, MLB's financial floodgates have fully opened, and the water has pooled into two locations.
The New York Mets, backed by hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen, have already reeled in four notable names. Their biggest get: three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer, who agreed to a three-year $130 million deal on Monday morning. He joins a group that already included Starling Marte, Mark Canha and Eduardo Escobar, who have agreed to deals worth a combined $124.5 million.
That looked like the biggest haul of the offseason, until the Texas Rangers got back on the phone.