What about Javy?

[Ceetar]

The Mets do have at least one big incentive to bring back Baez, Stroman, and Conforto - If the Mets sign someone else's free agent who received a qualifying offer, they lose their second pick in the draft. Not their second round pick, but their second first round pick (they have the compensation pick for the Rocker fiasco)

This is extremely disturbing, as at least Cohen is on record publicly talking about "the value" of the pick, and the justification for not signing the guy last year. If you're on that train, it seems you'd have to at least be considering NOT signing someone that would cost that pick. Which is problematic given how many holes the Mets have, and doubly so if the solution is just give Javy a few extra million to save that pick evne though you need better players.

[nymr83]

Yeah, there are two caveats - 1) Some guys weren't eligible for qualifying offers - looking at you, Kris Bryant! 2) the new CBA could change all of this