I'm sorry for Michael, a player that brought us many thrills, but his agent failed him. Boras got greedy: Conforto is a better player than he was in 2021, a year when he, and other Mets, were confused by the varying approaches to hitting (he also got married last winter and that could have been a distraction). Coming off a bad season you take the QO with confidence that the team will be better and that you are better than you were in the previous season. You then hit 30 home runs, play good D, and go on the market.