San Francisco Giants will now represent the United States of America in the World Baseball Classic. Those are the rules. 

Mets had the 2nd-highest payroll in MLB last season ($268M). This offseason, they added: • Carlos Correa ($315M) • Brandon Nimmo ($162M) • Edwin Diaz ($102M) • Justin Verlander ($86.6M) • Kodai Senga ($75M) • Jose Quint 

Mitch Haniger is the latest NorCal-native to go to San Francisco. • Mitch Haniger: Mountain View, CA • Brandon Crawford: Mountain View, CA • Joc Pederson: Palo Alto, CA • Logan Webb: Rocklin, CA • Sam Long: Sacramento, CA &b