Wasn’t possible. Team was going to be 40-50 million over without Soto.

I think the Mets are going to have to be very active in the trade market. Theres plenty in the system to improve this team. But Stearns and Co are going to be fighting an uphill battle with the fans all offseason.

Dicomo on Twitter.

I’m guessing he didn’t want to comeback based on the reports of what the Mets offered and the fact that they were willing to go higher.