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The Mets spent a few bucks to get their Buck.
Buck Showalter’s three-year deal to manage the Mets is worth $11.25 million, an industry source confirmed on Tuesday. MLB Network first reported the total value of the deal.
The Post first reported last month that Showalter’s deal was the largest for a manager in franchise history, eclipsing the $9.4 million contract over four years that Art Howe received before the 2003 season. Now the Showalter numbers are known.
Showalter’s deal calls for him to receive salaries of $3.5 million, $3.75 million and $4 million over the life of the deal, the source confirmed.
Terry Francona and Joe Maddon are believed to be MLB’s highest-paid managers, in the $4 million-a-year strata.
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