Please note that values may have changed since the time of proposals. All stats are accurate prior to play on 7/7/23. Steve Cohen’s Mets and Peter Seidler’s Padres have spent the last few years flexing their financial muscles to a historic degree. But to this point, they have not seen anywhere near the return on their investment that they were expecting. Both teams are well below .500 and sitting fourth in their respective divisions. So what’s next? Will they cut some of...

The Buffalo Toronto Blue Jays struck another deal on January 27th, adding left-handed pitcher Steven Matz from the New York Mets in exchange for young right-handed pitchers Sean Reid-Foley, Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski. For the Mets, the trade was obvious. Matz struggled mightily in 2020, posting a 9.68 ERA (7.76 FIP) and allowing 14 home runs in his 30.2 innings. He’s owed $5.2M in his last year of arbitration, and that’s money Cohen and company would prefer to direct...