The Mets went into the season with baseball's highest payroll and took a big swing by landing Juan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million contract. They also re-signed Pete Alonso. Cohen's plan was to go all-in on a team that showed serious signs of contention with last year's run to the NLCS.

Much of the team’s struggles can be attributed to the starting rotation’s brutal stretch of injury luck, as Griffin Canning, Kodai Senga and Tyler Megill have all gone down with injuries recently, while Sean Manaea has not pitched all season.