The Mets have been one of the more aggressive teams in acquiring players since hedge fund manager Steve Cohen purchased the team for $2.4 billion in 2020. They won 101 won games last year only to lose in the Wild Card round, so they doubled down and brought in stars like Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer to bring their player payroll to over $350 million. Despite that spending, the Mets were terrible in June and have been unable to dig out of that hole. Their hopes of being buyers at the trade deadline to push for a pennant have been replaced by a firesale that has already Scherzer traded, as well as starting left fielder Mark Canha and reliever David Robertson, with others potentially on the move, including Verlander.
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