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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4721661, member: 27"]
The Mets did a bold thing.  They realized their initial strategy was a failure and went into their long term goal, of building a great farm system and becoming sustainably good that way.

I think they included cash to cover at least half of the traded players salary in every trade made.  That cash counts against the salary cap and seems insane on the surface but including it improved the quality of the players they received markedly.  They in effect found a way to use Cohen‘s money to buy prospects from other teams.

They will still go over the salary cap for the next couple of years but now, there is a path where by 2026, the contracts for the players traded away will be over.  A bunch of other high priced veterans on the roster will also be gone and it is likely the Mets will be under the cap and flush with young talent.

There was no way the team could be successful long term spending $400 million per season on payroll.  All the extra penalties the other owners added with the Cohen tax were too punitive to take long term.

It is really going to stink the rest of this year and I think next year we will be fortunate to be a .500 team.  But by 2025, I think this should be a good team.  Wish we got at least one top rated young arm as part of the sellout but they can trade one of the SS or OF down the road to help balance the roster.  To me, the key thing for the winter is to get that great young Japanese pitcher (he is going to be 25) and start building the new rotation with him.

The Mets have a lot of good arms in the mid and low minors.  Not sure any are likely high end starters in MLB right now.  But a bunch could develop into one.  Maybe a better pitching coach can get something out of Megill and Peterson.  They haven‘t done well with Hefner.
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