The Mets are not going to be a 60 win team. And you act like one year of guaranteed money is a little thing, an extra year and an extra $16 million is quite a lot. I would've been upset if the Mets had offered 4 years 48-50 million or 3 years 45 million and Pedro had taken it, because those are within the realm of him being able to reasonably take a home town discount. But when the offer is by far superior then you can't really blame him for taking it. The Mets overpaid, Pedro got a great deal, the Sox got outbid by a GM who was clearly willing to overpay, it worked out for both sides.
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