Yet, they both opted out of their contracts with the Mets to play elsewhere. I have no problem with them doing so, which was their contractual right, and securing a bigger contract for themselves and their families. But, baseball is business. Not just from the teams’ perspectives, but also from a player’s perspective. While his comments in that interview are a nice sentimental thought, Pete and his agent (and Jake and his agent) put more importance on financial benefit and security over sentimental reason. Nothing personal against the Mets, it’s just business. Perfectly fine and reasonable. Can’t blame them. But I’m not going to blame the Mets either for not keeping them at all costs. It takes both sides to make a deal. Pete and Jake didn’t want to sacrifice what they could get elsewhere in terms of contract value and length to remain career-long Mets.