Max Scherzer knew something was up. Despite the disastrous season that left the Mets toward the bottom of the NL East standings, the three-time Cy Young Award winner was confident that the club would load up again in 2024 in an attempt to contend for a pennant. Owner Steve Cohen, a shrewd businessman and the richest owner in baseball, had assured him of such in the past. But in the days leading up to the Aug.