 09/29/2003 9:00 AM ET
Mets season in review
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By Kevin Czerwinski / MLB.com
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Duquette looks hopefully to 2004
NEW YORK -- The Mets started the season with the second-highest payroll in baseball, just over $120 million. But injuries to many of the high-priced players and a lack of productivity from the rest proved to be the Mets' downfall this season.
While there was talk of challenging the Braves for a divisional title, those conversations quickly came to an end during the first third of the season, when Pedro Astacio, Mike Piazza, Mo Vaughn and Scott Strickland went down in succession with severe injuries.
When Steve Phillips was let go as general manager in June, the season officially became a rebuilding project.
Record: 66-95, fifth in NL East
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