NEW YORK — While his peers were asleep, Mets owner Steve Cohen dragged his team closer to the World Series. There’s a metaphor in there. As the other owners discuss financial flexibility, Cohen flexes his finances.
Around 2:30 a.m. ET, hours after a reported 13-year, $350 million deal with the Giants fell through amid disagreements over the results of a physical, Cohen swooped in and signed shortstop Carlos Correa for 12 years and $315 million. (That agreement is pending a physical, which is obviously not a formality.) The Mets’ payroll last year was a franchise-record $264 million; Cohen had already added righty Justin Verlander, for two years and $86.7 million; righty Kodai Senga, for five years and $75 million; lefty José Quintana, for two years and $26 million; and re-signed closer Edwin Díaz, for five years and $102 million; and center fielder Brandon Nimmo, for eight years and $162 million.
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