Joe Benigno is not happy with his Mets lately, and is worried that they could be on their way to operating much more restrictively than they did in the first few years of Steve Cohen's tenure.
"Disgrace. As upset as I am about my football team, I am so disgusted with the Mets," Joe said. "They punted on the year last year, they hosed the fans completely last year. They traded [Max] Scherzer, fine, trade Scherzer. They should have never traded [Justin] Verlander. He didn't want to leave…if they would have held onto him, they probably would have at least had some meaningful games late in the year.
"They bring in Stearns, 'Oh he's from New York, he's a Met fan, he's this smart guy.' You bring this guy here, and I really believe they brought this guy here to run the Mets like a small-market team."
There is plenty of offseason left and plenty of names still on the board, but Joe isn't holding out hope that any of them will be coming to Queens.
"Cohen lost all this money last year, he's still paying guys that aren't on the team, and he had to pay this ridiculous luxury tax, and what do we got? We got nothing!" Joe said. "What are they doing to build up the offense? Can you sign Justin Turner? Can you sign J.D. Martinez? Can you look at Cody Bellinger? Of course not!"
