The Mets lost Jacob deGrom, but his signing in dollars spent and the team that landed him offered the blueprint by which Aaron Judge could leave the Yankees.
making an offer that can’t be refused and won’t be matched, even by a New York team.
The Giants have made the playoffs just once since 2016, when they won 107 games in 2021. But they slumped back to 81-81 in 2022 and their attendance was down nearly 900,000 from 2016. They have only $18.5 million guaranteed to players in 2024, so like the Rangers purchasing Seager and Semien and still having dough for deGrom, the Giants can go big for their No. 1 target, Judge, and still have plenty to spread elsewhere this year and in the coming ones.
DeGrom was viewed as one of three big starters, along with Carlos Rodon and Justin Verlander, and the Mets began the offseason determined to sign one of them. That persists. But if they cannot secure Rodon or Verlander, the Mets could pivot to a duo such as Kodai Senga and Jameson Taillon and focus more intently on re-signing Brandon Nimmo.
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