Massive-name agent Scott Boras has as soon as once more supplied excessive reward for New York Mets proprietor Steve Cohen.
“Our recreation wants Goliaths,” Boras stated of Cohen throughout Thursday’s media occasion associated to the Mets re-signing outfielder Brandon Nimmo, per Greg Joyce of the New York Publish. “We have now to have Goliaths. You’ll be able to envision Steve Cohen hanging on to the Empire State Constructing. There he’s. And it’s possibly not Steve Cohen, it’s Steve Kong. However whenever you’re there and also you’re taking a look at it, how good is it for the sport? It’s actually good for the sport.”
Boras represents Nimmo and helped the 29-year-old land an eight-year, $162 million contract to return to the Mets. Together with that deal, the Amazins have spent boatloads of money to hold onto closer Edwin Diaz, sign three-time Cy Younger Award winner Justin Verlander to exchange Jacob deGrom, acquire Japanese ace Kodai Senga, and add depth pieces David Robertson and Jose Quintana.
In response to Joyce, the Mets have spent $461.7 million this offseason and doubtless aren’t executed but. New York received 101 regular-season video games in 2022 however nonetheless failed to say the Nationwide League East division crown and subsequently fell to the San Diego Padres within the wild-card spherical of the playoffs.
Cohen signed shortstop Francisco Lindor to a 10-year extension that may very well be value as much as $341 million forward of the 2021 season, and the Mets then acquired ace Max Scherzer by way of a three-year, $130 million contract final fall. In November, Boras famous that Cohen closing the cope with Scherzer “raised the flag that ‘we’re right here to be a championship-level group.'”
