Sources: Mets signing CF Brandon Nimmo, RHP David Robertson

The cost of the Mets payroll keeps getting bigger.

New York signed two players Thursday, bringing back outfielder Brandon Nimmo on a eight-year, $162 million contract and adding reliever David Robertson on a one-year, $10 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

The deal keeps the Mets’ longtime outfielder in New York and adds to the biggest payroll in baseball. It’s the second richest contract in Mets history by total value, behind Francisco Lindor’s 10-year, $341 million deal signed prior to the 2021 season.

Nimmo has spent his entire professional career with the Mets, who drafted him in the first round in 2011.