When a team's entire payroll (Cleveland) is close to the salary of one player (Cole), baseball has a problem.
The owners and players need to get it together.
I'm not arguing the return for Lindor. The players the Mets exchanged are solid and may help.
Rosters of constantly shifting players are a marketing dilemma, even if the team wins. There needs to be some financial balance and fans need to feel an affinity for their team.
The MLBPA and the owners are the experts here and they need to consider their product and ways to create better competition between the teams as well as marketing their stars.