With pitchers and catchers set to report to spring training in a little under one month, the New York Mets boast a projected Opening Day payroll that is roughly in line with where it was the past two seasons. Following Friday’s arbitration deadline, there is additional clarity on that number after the team settled on one-year contracts with Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler, Steven Matz, and Michael Conforto while signing Jed Lowrie earlier in the week to a two-year deal.
All told, the Mets’ payroll is at $153,381,667 according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts, when subtracting the $6 million that will be deferred off of David Wright’s contract.