The New York Mets have more money to spend than any other team, and it has been reported that the club may be willing to open the checkbook this winter.
New York will have a need at the top of the starting rotation and certainly could be in the mix for a top-tier ace this winter. There will be a handful of pitchers to choose from, with Baltimore Orioles ace Corbin Burnes being the top guy.
The Mets have been floated as a fit for Burnes already on multiple occasions, and FanSided's Zach Pressnell claimed he may "prefer" the Mets over the Orioles in free agency.
"The number one driver for 99 percent of free agents is money," Pressnell said. "The number one thing that the New York Mets can offer just about every player in the league is money. Steve Cohen is in the business of buying a team that can outperform others across the league. He will be up against the biggest test to that statement this offseason. Cohen will be trying to get Juan Soto to the Big Apple, but that is going to be way harder to do than many anticipate. The Mets will end up in a bidding war with the Yankees that they very well could lose...
"Players like Pete Alonso will get that money. But adding an ace like Corbin Burnes would make a ton of sense, too. This idea is only realistic if they miss on Soto, though. In Cohen's head, he's already spent that $550 million that it would take to land Soto this year. So if he misses him, which he very well could, that money needs to go somewhere, and it could go to outpaying the Orioles for Burnes."
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