With the team’s merry-go-round of general manager candidates and general inactivity, the offseason trajectory for the Mets had not been trending in the right direction heading into Thanksgiving weekend. In the span of just a few hours, however, the team drastically altered the course of its immediate future with a flurry of Friday night moves that cost over $120 million in guaranteed money.
The Mets added a trio of hitters—infielder Eduardo Escobar and outfielders Mark Canha and Starling Marte—in rapid succession, striking quickly under new general manager Billy Eppler to overhaul the team’s offense. Beyond the cluster in which these additions occurred, perhaps the most striking aspect to the moves is that they seem so .