Nov
4
2011
4
2011
Mets Lay Off 10 Percent Of Non-Player Workforce
An article by Hojo's Mojo
The NY Post is reporting that the Mets have trimmed nearly 10 percent of non-player staff, including business, clubhouse and scouting personne.
The team has released the following statement:
“Several weeks ago, we made workforce reductions in both the baseball and business operations departments, which amounted to less than 10 percent of our full-time staff.”
The layoffs are another ominous sign for the Mets, who are seeking to cap their payroll at $100 million to $110 million. They’re now fighting to keep shortstop Jose Reyes on the team after he became a free agent yesterday.
A team source said the layoffs will have no effect on player payroll.
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Wow and there are some who think everything is honky dory with the Wilpons and that it’s Sandy’s choice to cut payroll and not the Wilpons.Some don’t even believe their other business interests haven’t been affected by the economy.Some just haven’t got a clue.
hmm, cutting clubhouse and scouting personnel?
Maybe “Some” don’t realize that these cuts may come at the suggestion of the current General Manager in order to use the finances elsewhere.
“Dopey” Joe Diaz has struck again!!!!!
Joe Diaz is not a dope.
No he just can’t tell the difference between Wilpon Finances and Met Finances!
Wilpons he would like to think are bleeding money, not the case…
The METS are having problems because guys like Joe Diaz don’t go see the team play enough!
Something about spending his money elsewhere but not ever going to support the Mets just the Phillies and Washington!
Des notice the 2 morons that bit the bait.Prove it Metsie,Prove it!Prove that it’s not the case.Hey Bayonne I hear you got a major headache trying to add up the Mets payroll.Duh 1+1= ahhhhhhhhh RBI.Would you like me to define continuum for you Bayonne? I heard you got really upset cause you couldn’t understand Sandy.Don’t worry one day we’ll have another illiterate GM,more so on your wavelength.
You got me Metsie! No,I won’t step foot in Citifield again until the Wilpons out.I follow them on the road.If you wanna take in the arse from the Wilpons then be my guest.
funny how he likes to use the word continuum and you’re impressed by it and I’m not.
Yes nobody here has heard him say the words “championship” or “win” or “contend”
When has he said those words?
Those words are easier to pronounce and more of a profound impact too. Oh, and they’ll make more money.
“Dopey Joe” Diaz strikes again!!!
Impessed by it? Nah not really,I know what it means.You on the other hand had no idea what it meant which is why it pissed you off something fierce when he used the word in.Your level of intelligence is really minimal at best.The other night you got pissed off again because you couldn’t add simple math figures.I mean adding up salaries for your favorite baseball team should not give you such a massive headache.Santana,Wright and Bay=55 million.A 3rd grader could figure it out quite easily.
No he chose to use the phrase “I want to turn the Mets into an iconic franchise like the Yankees and Redsox”.Another way of saying contender and champion that was above your station.Build a franchise for sustainable excellence.Anyway he has an impressive resume.4 Division titles,3 AL Pennants and a World Series Title which gives him an even better resume than Frank Cashen.Like Metsie said when Alderson was introduced a year ago,it’s going to take some time.
Well Joe don’t have to look any further than the Tax Records!
Sterling Equities has a seperate tax filing than the NY Mets!
There is your proof!
Now your turn to prove they don’t!
Yep I got you!
You won’t step foot into CitiField again but you WILL spend money in Philadelphia so they can go buy all those Free Agents you say we can’t afford!
You know what that makes you?
A PHILLIE SUPPORTER not a MET SUPPORTER!
And it would make sense since you seem to support any move that makes the Mets SUCK compared to them!
You don’t care if they sign Reyes away from us because you will go see him play in CBP and help pay his salary for them!
That makes YOU the cause of the Met Financial problems not the Wilpons!
So get a mirror out and chew out the guy who CAUSED our inability to afford good players!
It’s ALL YOUR FAULT!
Where’s the link? No linky no proofy. Can’t provide one that doesn’t exist. It’s not the 1st time you were full of it when you said Sterling is in Commercial realty not residential.They own residential apartments all over the country.
http://www.sterlingamerican.com/news.php?id=67
You forgot my trips to Atlanta,Washington,Baltimore as well as Philly which was only once so I doubt my 3-400 bucks will pry away Reyes but I’m honored you think so since that is my goal to force the Wilpons to sell and if it means bye bye Reyes then so be it.I’d rather lose Reyes if it means Wilpon has to sell over keeping Reyes and Wilpon keeping the team.
So no I will not chew out the guy in the mirror,rather I will pat him on the back.What’s Reyes gonna do in Philly besides choke in another September becuase he’s afraid of tough competition.I’m thinking the over/under for Reyes bunt attempst in 2012 is 1.
I like how one day you say the Mets were contending than say the Mets sucked becuase of me.Then again you think the 86 Phillies were better than the 86 Mets as head to head suggested.
Just like I thought,no response,no link,no proof.
Yeah wrong company dummy!
Sterling American is not the same company as sterline enterprises!
http://www.sterlingamerican.com/company.php?id=40
It’s in the Family but not Saul and Fred’s company!
Just a subsidiary!
Here is the link you should have given…
http://www.sterlingequities.com/companies/sterling_development/index.php
Thier residential property is all High End Condos which have not suffered from the Real Estate drop which is limited to HOUSES and median income housing! Not High End Condos!
But what would you know about Business anyway?
And as to the rest of your bull you are supporting the COMPETITION!
Not the METS! That makes you a supporter of the OPPOSITION not the METS!
“They’re now fighting to keep shortstop Jose Reyes on the team after he became a free agent yesterday.”
Wow…if the Mets call this fighting to keep one of their most beloved and most valeable players in the history of the franchise…I’d hate to see how they treat someone whom they have no interest in.
Exactly, where is all the fighting? The tea leaves that I read say that the mgmt of this team wants Reyes gone to drop his salary. The fighting they are doing is waiting for Reyes to receive an offer from an actual BB franchise which they will not attempt to match. The fighting they are doing is with the fans attitude which is highly supportive of Reyes. The fighting they are doing will have Reyes gone shortly and the Mets will take another step down in on-field performance. And with that, the downward spiral will continue as attendance will decline further and the red ink will get deeper. The only solution is for the Wilpons to sell out now so a new owner can begin the process of restoring this franchise to where it should be. In the meantime, the fighting they are doing is with their own franchise and its fans who expect and are entitled to better.
LOL so true Matt…
If this is what they call fighting I would hate to see what a Surrender looks like!
Does it involve dropping their pants and horizontal Pipe insertions?
“Ladies and gentleman, it is starting to rain, if you would like to assist in covering the field with the tarp please sign up at the lower level mezzanie at the home plate gate area. The Mets appreciate your assistance. Thank you.”
The ushers in the house that greed built (aka Fred & Jeffie) will not let anyone in the lower seat area without a ticket stub showing you purchased a ticket there.If not for that it’s a good thought.Of course, at this rate the ushers will probably be laid off next
Yeah but they accept Hamiltons and Jacksons as valid tickets if your smart enough to be discrete!
I know you said this in jest, but really, if they offered fans a chance to join the grounds crew for a day, there would be a line for it! I’d join up.
“The layoffs are another ominous sign for the Mets.” Maybe but maybe not. If the Mets/Wilpon get past Pickpocket Picard, as it now appears likely, and our national economy straightens out, the Mets will be eventually swimming in money.
Doesn’t anyone remember when Steinbrenner cut health and dental for all the stadium employees?
well, it might not be a bad sign. And it ties into the Delcos “culture” piece.
saying ominous implies they have no excess fat, and are cutting bone.
reality could be that the organization (like any company really) had some bloat in it, sucking up money and adding no value. So cutting 10% could easily be done by trimming some dead wood, and streamlining operations (making things more efficient, eliminating redundancies).
OF course it does imply being cautious with money, but that can be a good thing, since any fat they trim elsewhere is money that can go into the players (prospect signings and ML roster)
Hell, I would rather have 100K to go overslot on a draft pick than be paying it to someones brother in law patronage appointment in the accounting department.
If Selig ever retires, the next Commissioner will toss these broke f***s out of the league forever. I can’t wait for that.
I guarantee that their will be a time this year where the Mets can’t make payroll without Selig making some deal with them.
And I don’t think this Picard thing is just going to blow over in the next month or two. Lawyers make a very good living appealing stuff like this for years and years, and I don’t think this will be any different.
All this really means is they are tryiong to reduce game day overhead so that they don’t lose as much money when no one shows up to see the reyesless Mets!
If you don’t have a lot of people going you don’t need as many kids selling hot dogs!
Don’t need 3 people behind a concession stand when one can handle the few who are there to buy something.
Player Salary is only a small portion of the cost of having a home game.
It’s all the people that they have to have there at every game that costs a ton!
Did anyone force them to open up a dozen different places in citifield where you can buy overpriced t-shirts and caps?Shea had one store on the main level.Lots of fans going to come to games in 2012 disguised as empty seats
Yes gary one of the biggest complaints about Shea was the long lines at the concession stands where you could miss two or three innings waiting to get something at one of the few concession stands during the game!
Especially if you wanted something to eat other than a Hot Dog, Pretzel or Peanuts!
Menu service was only available in lower level Box seats and that would take even LONGER to wait but at least you didn’t miss the game!
They fixed a LOT of the issues Shea had with Citi. Just that by the time CitiField opened we fans refused to go see them because of two chokes and an injury plagued season!
And now the attendance can not support the stadium built to handle large crowds better!