The Mets sched the contract of catcher James McCann, trading him to the Orioles while picking up a good portion of his contract:

The Mets will send $19 million of the remaining $24.3 million on McCann’s contract to the Orioles and receive a player to be named later. The deal saves the Mets more than $5 million in cash and $650,000 for each of the next two years toward the team’s competitive balance tax payroll.

ESPN.com

So the Mets are a bit more concerned bout the CBT than their free agent signings indicate. McCann will be the back-up to Adley Rutschman. I suspect Rutschman will do some designated hitter duty to keep his bat in the lineup while resting his body from catching duties.

I suspect the Mets will no longer keep marginal players making a lot of money.