Mets Card of the Week: 2023 Kodai Senga

2023 TOPPS ORANGE FOIL KODAI SENGA Today’s COTW entry started out trying to figure out the most unusual Mets card of all time. While not of Mets’ players, my thoughts on unusual cards include the 1952 Topps Gus Zernial with the multiple balls tacked to his bat, while Zernial gives the OK sign. Or the [...]

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Taking stock of the Mets’ offseason so far after the Harrison Bader signing

Harrison Bader’s one-year deal adds $10.5 million to both the Opening Day payroll and – more importantly – to the 40-man Competitive Balance Tax payroll. It’s difficult to establish what the latter sits at now, with the unknown of arbitration salaries. Cot’s estimates it to be $306.4 million, while Spotrac has it at $293.2 million. [...]

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