Some curious things are happening at the New York Mets.
Earlier this week, star closer and beloved man of the trumpet Edwin Diaz, announced he was signing a $69 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
On Wednesday, Pete Alonso, the longest-tenured Met, arguably the heart and soul of the team, announced he would be taking his talents to the Orioles (THE 75-87 BALTIMORE ORIOLES), instead of staying a Met. It's reported the Mets didn't even make him an offer. For Diaz, the Mets had apparently bid $3 million less than the Dodgers.
This kind of pointless penny-pinching combined with a heart-breaking gut renovation might be expected with a team not owned by a man worth $20 billion who, almost one year ago to the day, signed Juan Soto for a MLB-record $765 million deal.
Is this the same Steve Cohen who said in 2020 after he bought the team, "If I don't win a World Series in the next three to five years, I would consider that slightly disappointing"? That Steve Cohen? What has changed between last December, and right now?