The Mets' Payroll

So, apparently the lawsuit which might've resulted in the Wilpons needing to pay $1 billion in damages has been dropped. I don't think that it makes much difference to the long-term health of the Mets one way or the other: if the Wilpons had lost, they'd've just had to sell the team, and the new owners presumably wouldn't need to keep its payroll gutted. But now that they've won, doesn't it look like there's no particular reason why they should need to gut the payroll now, anyway? The Mets are still a big, New York City team, and the Wilpons have a history as big spenders. What exactly is the current source of "money trouble" supposed to be, if they still want to get down to around $100 million for next year? Why not stay around $150 million? With a whole bunch of bad contracts coming off the books, why not use some of that money not just to resign Reyes but to go after Yu Darvish and maybe get a better catcher and, perhaps, eat a large portion of Jason Bay's contract to get a better left fielder?

I have no idea whether the outcome of this court case will, in fact, alter the short-term course of the franchise, but from everything I've heard it sure sounds like it ought to.