I think in hindsight it’s easy to see that the spending spree in 2023 was a mistake. But in the context of when it was happening, I think it made complete sense.
Mets were coming off a 101 win season. They were bringing back essentially the same team minus DeGrom (who was out for most of 2022) and bringing in a Cy Young Award winner in Verlander. You had a batting champion in McNeil, the top closer in baseball. You beefed up your bullpen with Robertson and Raley. You had prospects like Alvarez, Baty that seemed like they could contribute. Plus Escobar who you couldn’t get out at the end of 2022.
Makes all the sense in the world to push the pedal to the metal.
But players got hurt, underperformed. You know the story.
So while the Mets are literally paying the price for their extreme spending in 2023, I think they did the right thing at that time. It’s only because of how it turned out that it makes it easy for the Mets to be criticized and mocked.
I think in hindsight it’s easy to see that the spending spree in 2023 was a mistake. But in the context of when it was happening, I think it made complete sense.
Mets were coming off a 101 win season. They were bringing back essentially the same team minus DeGrom (who was out for most of 2022) and bringing in a Cy Young Award winner in Verlander. You had a batting champion in McNeil, the top closer in baseball. You beefed up your bullpen with Robertson and Raley. You had prospects like Alvarez, Baty that seemed like they could contribute. Plus Escobar who you couldn’t get out at the end of 2022.
Makes all the sense in the world to push the pedal to the metal.
But players got hurt, underperformed. You know the story.
So while the Mets are literally paying the price for their extreme spending in 2023, I think they did the right thing at that time. It’s only because of how it turned out that it makes it easy for the Mets to be criticized and mocked.