Rob Manfred recently visited the 14,000-seat minor league stadium in West Sacramento, California, and said the owners of the Triple-A River Cats and Athletics have provided players with “as close to a major league experience as it can possibly be.”
In search of their first World Series title since 1986, the Mets lost to the Dodgers in last year’s NL Championship Series. After signing Juan Soto and others, Cohen estimated his team’s payroll at $325 million.