🚨 Mets Future Is At Risk... Here's Why

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:01][music] [music] [music] WHAT'S GOING ON, METS FANS? Welcome back to another episode of Mechcast. I am Randy. If you're enjoying this content, make sure you smash that like button and consider becoming a subscriber of the channel. As believe it or not, 56 and a half% of the people that tune into this show are not subbed. And we are going to have a giveaway at 12,000 subscribers.

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[00:01:18]collective bargaining agreement. And the top issues, one, a competitive integrity tax for any team that does not spend $150 million, increase minimum salaries, which who really cares? 750 to 1 780 to 1.5. That's going to end up going to a million I believe in the next CBA. And increase the CBT threshold from 244 to 300. And that is the biggest player when we are talking about things because these are the kinds of situations that could have catastrophic consequences for not only our New York Mets but the Dodgers and other higher spending teams.

[00:01:56]Let me explain to you why. There's a key word there and that is threshold.

[00:02:02]Because now we get this from Jesse Rogers over at ESPN today breaking. As expected, MLB proposed a hard salary cap to the union officials. And that's why I talk about a lot of confusion out there.

[00:02:16]Well, the union proposed 300 million and MLB owners proposed a hard cap. What is the difference? Very simple. The threshold of 300 million would be that's where the tax on salaries would start.

[00:02:30]And currently the New York Mets are slightly over that. So, it wouldn't be the craziest of things for the New York Mets. But here's how it reads. MLB has proposed a hard salary cap to union officials today as part of the next CBA.

[00:02:43]Sources tell ESPN the salary floor for teams beginning in 2027 would be 171.2 million, which I guess is kind of enticing for players when you're thinking about it right off the bat saying, "Well, you have teams like the Marlins, Miami, Pittsburgh, the Giants now, the Rockies, the Cardinals. I can go on and on and on of teams that have under $120 million payroll, which means that they would have to boost their payroll to 171.2 in the coming season, which, you know, I guess if you're shortsighted, that's good, which means a lot of players would get either extensions this off season or just drastically overpaid free agents.

[00:03:28]But here's the catch. benefits would change the ceiling, which would mean the cap, to $245.3 million. And this is why it's so important that we talk about this. Let me bring it around into perspective for you guys. And by the way, I almost forgot to say this is presented to you guys by prize picks. I always forgot to say that. Shout out to them. current payrolls above 245.3 million, which would be that ceiling.

[00:04:00]So, there's got to be some type of grandfather clause. I'm going to explain to you why. The Dodgers currently at 418, followed by the Mets at 383, the Yankees at 335, the Blue Jays at 322, the Phillies at 315, Red Sox at 263, Padres's at 259, Braves at 249, Tigers at 246, and the Cubs at 245.5.

[00:04:26]Current payrolls below 171.2. We'll just count how many. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 about 12 teams. So nearly half the league would have to drastically cut its payroll. And this is why it is catastrophic for the New York Mets. I'm going to explain it to you guys in just a minute. But quickly, a quick word from our sponsor. If you're a Mets fan and want to add a little extra excitement getting in on the games, prize picks is the perfect way to get in on the action.

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[00:06:10]If the Mets are forced to abide by any type of cap, even 300 million, think about the money that's coming off the books this year.

[00:06:23]Frankie Monttos and Peralta and and Peterson, those are the headlines.

[00:06:29]This would prevent you from resigning Peralta if you wanted to. It would prevent you from adding any significant starter this off season. You would see, you know, farm systems galore getting traded left and right. And if there's no grandfather clause, the Mets would be screwed for years on end. Joe Maniah is under contract $25 million next year. Deon Williams $18 million bucks. Weaver, you can go on and on. All these contracts, think about this. If the cap is where it's going to be, that would mean Francisco Lindor and Juan Sodto are eating up $85 million.

[00:07:16]Roughly, what is that? 40% of the entire cap to two players.

[00:07:23]Now, the threat, this is where the fight's going to be. And I want to put this out there as well. I seen uh somebody put a stat out there. The MLB owners haven't proposed a hard salary cap since 1993. And from some people that I've spoken to around the league, they said the owners are kind of grinding their feet in. There's a great chance they miss games. And I mean, look, I think what's going to end up happening is the threshold's going to be higher and there's going to be significant consequences to going over.

[00:07:56]This is what's happened. The Dodgers have broken the sport. A billion dollars deferred. Well over a billion dollars deferred over the last couple of years.

[00:08:04]You got to get rid of deferrals. It changes everything. If the Dodgers payroll shot to 700 million overnight and they're paying 400 million in taxes, other teams would spend. Now, here's the argument. The argument is there can't be a salary c there cannot not be a salary cap and a c and a s and a excuse me salary floor. you can't have both, which I disagree. The issue is the owners don't want to open up their books and now allegedly the players are also requesting 5050 in regard to player revenue. That means more money towards the players union. And then we got the report earlier this season that the players union has a massive storage of cash because they're projecting that there's going to be some type of lockout heading into 2027. This is going to control everything we spoke about on the program. The current CBA doesn't end until December. December. Which means after the season's over, you're gonna have roughly November 30 to 35 40 days if you want to resign, guys. Now, how do you do that knowing that the owners are pushing for a cap? because there's a chance you could sign somebody and dare I say it could get voided headed into the next year and now you're looking at a team like the Tigers. The Tigers physically could never resign Tariq Scooble. If you're Tariq Scubble or guys that are due for big paydays, we'll just throw Peralta in there for for heck's sake. And now there's this cap. Scuba will never see 40 plus million dollars a year which he deserves with the way that he's pitching. You will never see that again because the days of allocating certain amount of money to players is going to drastically change. You will never have seen Juan Sodto get that kind of money. It's just not going to happen.

[00:10:02]My prediction, and I know I disagree with some experts or so-called experts, I don't see a hard cap coming. But if that hard cap actually does come, it's going to be catastrophic for the Mets because they wouldn't be able to get under this cap for so long. And the fact that Lindor's got what, five years left on that contract at $34 million and Sodto's at 51. Plus, think about this.

[00:10:30]If Sodto Sodto would never opt out, if there's a hard cap and he wants to opt out, you're gonna add $5 million more onto 245.

[00:10:42]Now, I understand these are preliminary proposals. Things are going to go back and forth, but I kind of liked where the PL and I don't want to say I'm with the players. I know everybody eventually goes with the owners. That's how these things work because the owners are going to be the people in front of the mic saying, "Well, look at the players.

[00:10:58]They're the ones that are holding out with everything. But I kind of like the players proposal. Why? You can make it so simple. You have some type of floor.

[00:11:09]We'll say for heck's sake, it's got to be 150 million bucks. And it raises with the threshold. The threshold's 300 million. The do every dollar you're over 300 million to 350, it's 110% tax.

[00:11:23]Anything over that, it's a 300% tax. And you're not allowed to have any deferrals in any contract. And any currently deferred contract is accelerated to modern time. You cannot have a show Otani on the cap for 2 million bucks when his cap should be 70 and taxed at 300%. I actually think it's kind of obvious with this. Maybe you guys don't think so, but let me know what you guys think down in the comments. I wanted to get this out there really quick because I know um you know I know a lot of people are asking me about this over on X. But uh but that's all I got for you guys with this today. Not too many people are commenting, but if you're watching this afterwards, please leave a comment below. I want to know what the fans are feeling in regard to this. Do you feel this would really screw the Mets? And I'm going to be honest with you, I think this is the reason why David Sterns was brought into this organization. Steve Cohen's got the foresight thinking I I'm not going to be able to buy every single major free agent. What's the next best thing? Let me bring in a guy who's known for farm development where we could have a farm of guys coming in maybe paying players early and such like that. That's where I kind of think things are going.

[00:12:39]But that's all I got for you guys today.

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