I'm down with that, but my faith is shattered so I'm not really expecting it.
Based on recent history they are just not going to meet Raffy's price, which means the correct move is to trade him.
The Mets can't possibly re-set next year, unless we're talking 1998 Marlins tear-down.
Their projected 2024 tax payroll is $245 million already, without doing a thing.
The penalties are pretty harsh as they are. But Cohen has decided to thumb his nose at them and buy a championship even if it costs half a billion or more. It could be a problem.
I would submit that the real mistake was going over the cap at the start of the season, and that's where the trade for JBJ comes into the conversation.
We need to stop re-litigating last year's trade deadline. Those who said fire sale have been proven to be right. I still don't fault the team for not doing it.
What's done is done.