Yasmani Grandal considered it a $60 million insult.
Yes, the Mets were potentially offering him more years than other teams, but the then-free agent catcher felt the average money per year was beneath a player of his ilk. Grandal explained on MLB Network why he then accepted an $18.25 million, one-year deal from the Brewers rather than move ahead with the Mets.
“I felt like part of my responsibility as a player was to respect the guys that went through this process before I did. Guys like Brian McCann and Russell Martin, Yadier Molina. These are guys who established markets and pay levels for upper-tier catchers like me.