Before a recent game, Mets outfielder Mark Canha gleefully acknowledged the drink in his locker.
He didn’t elaborate on the tea in his paper cup, but it was clear that he appreciated its availability in the Mets’ clubhouse. The same went for the food.
“Every meal in here is unbelievably good,” Canha said. “Quality food, every single meal. It’s just been amazing. I feel blessed to be here, honestly. It’s been to play here.”
Canha, 33, found himself discussing the differences between life with the Oakland Athletics, his first team, and the Mets. He didn’t have many perks during the first seven years of his career in Oakland, where Moneyball tactics have frequently kept the A’s competitive despite a minimal financial investment in the team.
Now, after signing a two-year, $26.5 million deal with the Mets in the off-season, Canha plays for a team on the opposite end of baseball’s spending spectrum.