Mets history rewritten: 3 moves a Wilpon-led regime would have made this offseason

2) The Mets sign one of the best closers of all-time to replace Edwin Diaz

Edwin Diaz received a five-year $102 million dollar deal to remain a Met following his historic 2022 campaign. Diaz will be the Mets closer for years to come and I could not be more excited about that. $20 million dollars annually for a reliever is definitely an overpay, but Diaz deserves every penny as he's the best in the game at what he does.

The Wilpons running things would most definitely not go to that number for a closer. They would however find a cheaper alternative for Diaz in the form of Craig Kimbrel.

Kimbrel was at one point the best closer in the game. He's one of the best and most dominant closers we've ever seen. At 34 years of age, Kimbrel is not what he once was. He was traded from the White Sox to the Dodgers to be their closer and he did not last the entire year in that role.

Kimbrel wasn't too bad, posting a 3.75 ERA and a 3.23 FIP as a Dodger in 63 appearances while recording 22 saves but he was just not good enough to be a closer on a team trying to compete.

Kimbrel signed a one-year $10 million dollar deal to go to the Phillies this offseason. What his role will be in Philadelphia remains to be seen but his role in this alternate universe after the Wilpons give Sandy Van Minaya the green light to sign him, would be to serve as the closer.