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New York Mets owner Steve Cohen watches during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Sacramento Kings on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Final cost in for New York Mets’ sorry 2023 season $420 million in payroll plus luxury tax

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

New York Mets' Starling Marte (6) celebrates with Zack Short (21) after they scored off of Marte's a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Infielder Zack Short acquired by Red Sox from Mets for cash

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Blake Snell (7) walks off the mound past manager Bob Melvin, right, during a pitching change in the fifth inning of the team's baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Giants place pitcher Blake Snell on 15-day injured list with left adductor strain

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In this April 2, 2015 photo, workers cross an unpaved street adjacent to Citi Field, home to the New York Mets baseball team in the Willets Point section of the Queens borough of New York. New York City officials approved a plan Thursday, April 11, 2024, to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club next to the New York Mets’ stadium, Citi Field. The $780 million soccer stadium, expected to open in 2027, will anchor a 23-acre redevelopment project in the neighborhood known as Willets Point that will also include housing, a new public school, retail stores and a hotel. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

New York officials approve $780M soccer stadium for NYCFC to be built next to Mets’ home

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Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Julio Teheran delivers to an Atlanta Braves batter during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Atlanta. The New York Mets have agreed to a contract with veteran starter Julio Teheran, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday, April 3, 2024 because no announcement had been made.(AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Mets and veteran starter Julio Teheran agree to contract

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Jim McAndrew poses in New York Saturday, June 29, 2019. McAndrew died Thursday, March 14, 2024, at HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center in Arizona after a brief illness, Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Friday. He was 80. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Jim McAndrew, who pitched for the 1969 and 1973 New York Mets, dies at 80

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Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler throws during a baseball spring training workout Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Clearwater, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Wheeler, Phillies reach 3-year, $126 million deal for 2025-27

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

New York Mets' Pete Alonso handles a grounder during a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Mets owner Cohen says he expects Alonso to explore free agency but wants to keep him

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga smiles during a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Mets pitcher Kodai Senga is dealing with some arm fatigue after throwing at spring training

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

New York Mets relief pitcher Adam Ottavino throws during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Sept. 18, 2023, in Miami. Ottavino and the Mets finalized a one-year contract Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, that keeps the veteran reliever with his hometown team. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Mets bring back hometown reliever Adam Ottavino on $4.5 million, 1-year contract

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Former New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry, left and Dwight Gooden pose at Citi Field in New York Aug. 1, 2010. Strawberry and Gooden thought back to what might have been, how their starry accomplishments would have been so much greater without the drugs and alcohol that shattered their careers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Strawberry and Gooden, honored by Mets with retired numbers, regret descent into drugs and alcohol

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

FILE - New York Mets' Bud Harrelson posed in 1970. Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an astonishing championship, died Wednesday night, Jan. 10, 2024. He was 79. The Mets said Thursday morning that Harrelson died at a hospice house in East Northport, New York after a long battle with Alzheimer's. (AP Photo)

Bud Harrelson, scrappy Mets shortstop who once fought Pete Rose, dies at 79

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Milwaukee Brewers' Adrian Houser (37) pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Thursday, June 29, 2023, in New York. The New York Mets acquired right-handed pitcher Adrian Houser and outfielder Tyrone Taylor from the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023 for minor league pitcher Coleman Crow. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Mets acquire Houser, Taylor from Brewers as Stearns executes trade with his former team

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Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Jorge Lopez throws to the Boston Red Sox in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Baltimore. López and the New York Mets have agreed to a $2 million, one-year contract, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday, Dec 8, 2023, because the agreement was pending a physical and had not been announced by the team. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Reliever Jorge Lopez and New York Mets finalize $2 million, 1-year contract

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Former New York Mets' Ken MacKenzie during Old-Timers' Day ceremony before a baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the New York Mets on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, in New York. MacKenzie, a left-handed reliever who was the only pitcher with a winning record on the expansion 1962 New York Mets, died Thursday at his home in Guilford, Conn., Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said. He was 89. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

Ken MacKenzie, only pitcher with winning record on 1962 Mets, dies at 89

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New York Mets catcher Ron Hodges is shown at spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Fla., in March 1977. Hodges, a catcher who spent his entire 12-season major league career with the New York Mets, died Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. He was 74. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)

Former New York Mets catcher Ron Hodges dies at 74

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New York Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza watches from the dugout during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Chicago. The New York Mets are hiring Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza as their manager, the team announced Monday, Nov. 13. (AP Photo Erin Hooley, File)

Mendoza starts Mets job emphasizing how close team was to success in 2022, not this year’s fall

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

FILE - New York Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza watches the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, May 26, 2023, in New York. The New York Mets are hiring Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza as their manager, according to a person familiar with the decision. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday, Nov. 6, because the move had not been announced. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

New York Mets hiring Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza as manager

By Mike Fitzpatrick - Associated Press

Texas Rangers pitcher Max Scherzer blows a gum bubble in the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan S. Sun) **FILE**

Scherzer says he’s ready to go after bullpen session. Rangers haven’t announced decision

By Stephen Hawkins - Associated Press

Texas Rangers pitcher Max Scherzer blows a gum bubble in the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan S. Sun) **FILE**

Bochy encouraged by Scherzer session, not saying yet if 3-time Cy Young winner will pitch in ALCS

By Stephen Hawkins - Associated Press