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New York City’s mayor exempted athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate following weeks of pressure from the sports world after the rule kept Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving from playing in home games and was expected to block several baseball players from taking the field in their upcoming…

There are major baseball implications, too.

He said sports teams will have to wait their turn for the vaccine mandate to be loosened.

PHOENIX — Usually, late March is when major league teams begin trimming down their spring training rosters.

A prevailing mantra at the end of a baseball offseason — both from fans and front offices — is that a certain player has been “overpaid” or was undesirable at a certain price point.

The Mets’ manager jokes about listening to George Costanza’s advice.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Move over, Steve Cohen. There’s another big spender in the National League East.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — This wasn’t the same Robinson Cano that Mets fans were greeted by just over three years ago.

NEW YORK — The Mets — perennial little brothers, laughingstocks, blue and orange painting of dysfunction — have done everything right. They got their A-student in Max Scherzer, boosted their GPA with A-minuses in Starling Marte and Chris Bassitt, and even brought in players from the B-level like Eduardo Escobar…