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The Mets were recently named as the league's biggest losers for the 2025 season. In the most recent report regarding teams' total losses that amounted to $1.8 billion, around $350 million was said to have been of the Queens-based squad that led all major league organizations. The amount was part and parcel a result of the Mets having the highest payroll at the end of the 2025 season at a staggering $323 million.A huge chunk of the team's expenses was the signing of star outfielder Juan Soto. The Dominican star signed the richest contract in sports history with the Metropolitans that amounted to $765 million for 15 years with a $75 million signing bonus. Upon hearing the news of significant financial losses, fans flooded social media with hilarious jabs directed towards the franchise.(((Quite Openly Jewish))) 🎗 @donna_zimmermanLINK(Juan) Soto may need to give up his private jet.cp 🗯️ 🇺🇸 @cparisi94LINKThey had record attendance this year didn’t they?Sidd Finch @SiddFinch00LINKThat number makes no senseIn an effort to make a deep postseason run, owner Steve Cohen splurged on talent ahead of the 2025 campaign with the signing of Soto, Frankie Montas, and Clay Holmes. All of which, previously played with the cross-city rival Yankees.Yanksaholic @yanksaholicLINKUncle Stevie’s going to slice that payroll in half soonGreg Snyder @GregSnyder9LINKThat seems very hard to believe. The Mets with record attendance and a lucrative cable deal would lose an amount equal to their entire payroll?Sidd Finch @SiddFinch00LINKThat number makes no sense - they had a massive boost in attendance, and this would imply they basically broke even on just operating the team before even factoring in payrollAfter what looked like a shoo-in seed for the playoffs, the squad slowly crumbled in the closing stages of the year. The catastrophic fumble saw the Mets lose the top spot in the NL East, and eventually, the wildcard seed to the Reds on the last day of the regular season.Mets great Darryl Strawberry pardoned by President TrumpEight-time All-Star and Mets Hall of Famer Darryl Strawberry shared some positive news about his life recently. On November 7, the former outfield star posted on Instagram a message of gratitude towards U.S. president Donald Trump after pardoning him off his tax eviction conviction. Strawberry has had a long history of legal troubles and drug addiction ever since his playing days. On December 9, 1994, he was indicted to two counts of tax evasion after he failed to pay $146,000 in income taxes from 1986 to 1990. This was a complication of him failing to report a $502,043 profit at card shows and such events, to which he was also charged with one count of income tax conspiracy. The following year, he plead guilty to just one count of tax evasion and served six month of home confinement and two years of probation.Strawberry also found himself in the limelight after failing to pay for child support in December 1995 ans was even sued by his own attorney Robert Shapiro in 1998 after failing to pay $100,000 in legal fees.
