Disastrous 2023 season cost Mets $420 million in payroll, luxury tax

NEW YORK CITY, New York: The New York Mets' disastrous 2023 Major League Baseball season cost it US$420 million.

After finishing fourth in the NL East at 75-87 - 29 games behind first-place Atlanta and nine games back of the last wild card berth, the club's payroll figures for last year reached a record $319.5 million, and it paid a record luxury tax of $100.8 million.

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