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3 issues for Mets while dipping into slightly ‘higher’ payroll

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Mets GM Sandy Alderson (right) addressed the team's offseason plans after a press conference announcing the contract extension for manager Terry Collins (left).

Don’t expect the Mets to break the bank this winter.

As general manager Sandy Alderson considers moves to strengthen a team that won the NL pennant before losing to the Royals in five games in the World Series, he may face financial restrictions.

“Our payroll [this year] started close to $100 million, and I would expect that our payroll going into 2016 would be higher than that,” Alderson said Wednesday at Citi Field, after announcing a new two-year contract for manager Terry Collins.