2023 New York Mets MLB season predictions, odds and preview
 

New York Mets 2023 Season Preview

That pesky little thing called money won’t stand in the way of Steven Cohen’s pursuit of a World Series. The New York Mets spent over $483 million this winter, though the two biggest contracts were Brandon Nimmo and Edwin Diaz, who were set to become free agents on the open market, but got offers that they couldn’t refuse. Justin Verlander replaced Jacob deGrom on a two-year deal worth essentially the same as what Max Scherzer will make. The Mets also replaced Chris Bassitt with Japanese import Kodai Senga, who did not have a posting fee and got a five-year deal worth $75 million.

As it is, the Mets went from a $195.4 million dollar payroll on Opening Day 2021 to a $264.5 million dollar price tag in 2022. Cot’s Contracts projects them at $345.2 million to start 2023. The projected luxury tax for the Mets is nearly $98.7 million. That would exceed the projected Opening Day payrolls of nine teams.

In other words, there are no excuses for the Mets. They have the best team that their money can buy. Last year’s group won 101 games, but lost in the best-of-three Wild Card Round against the Padres. The problem for the Mets and other big spenders is that there is a higher degree of variance in the playoffs, especially in a bracket-style format, but this team is built to win a lot of games and has very high expectations to go with that very high payroll.

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