WHILE CIRCUMSTANCES BEING CHANGED SUCH AS FIELD DIMENSIONS, HITTING COACH INFLUENCE LIKELY PRECLUDES REYES’ LIKELY REPETITION OF LAST SEASON’S IMPRESSIVE OFFENSIVE TOTALS; HIS HAMSTRINGS SHOULD MORE THAN LIKELY NOT BE MORE OF AN ACTUAL ISSUE THAN THEY WERE AS A NY MET; ONLY FL PRESS WILL BE LESS INCLINED TO PILLORY HIM TO MAKE JETER APPEAR BETTER.

GIVEN A HARD CEILING PAYROLL OF 80M TO SPEND CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING PRESET COMMITMENTS:
SANTANA: 24M
BAY: 16M
WRIGHT: 15M
DICKEY: 4.25M
CARRASCO 1.2M
BYRDAK 1.2M

TOTAL: 61.65M

REMAINING PAYROLL: 18.35M
REMAING 25 MAN ROSTER OPENNINGS: 19 PLAYERS

SO, MY DEAER “ALEX,THE GM”, WHAT’S YOUR FIRST MOVE?

REMEMBER “ALEX68, THE FAN” WANTS IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL; HE DOESN’RT WANT WRIGHT & BAY PACKED OFF FOR NOT QUITE READY MiLBers!
IMPORTANT CAVIAT…18.35M SPLIT AMONG 19 CONTRACTS MEANS AN AVERAGE 2012 ALLOWABLE SALARY NOT TO EXCEED $965,000 PER PLAYER WHAT IMPROVEMENT LEVEL PLAYER IS SIGNING FOR APPROX. DOUBLE THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE(480K)

ALEX, I AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE WITH BAITED BREATH

He’s a mystery to me…I don’t understand the change in his hitting ability, but 800-1000 ab’s is pretty defining. I think he needs to hit in the first 30-50 games…if he doesn’t, they need to release him.

55/80 in 3 guys, none of whom did much last year, is not a recipe for success, or going to give a GM much flexibility.

BTW, ALEX, WHAT WOULD U HAVE DONE IF U WERE GM WITH AN 80M HARD CEILING PAYROLL?

BY MY FIGURES THEY STAND SOMEWHERE AROUUND 79.3M AT THIS MOMENT AFTER CEDENO & HAIRSTON @ 2.3 TOTAL.

Wow – that’s really terrific! Please pass the Madoff Kool-Aid so I can feel the same way.

But before I sip – let me put a fork in this team. We will come in last next season and the reason is all the holes left by bankrupt Freddie. We have a third starter in Dickey and we pray for rain. We do not have a closer as of this date. We have replaced the MLB batting champion and one of the most exciting offensive and defensive players in the game at shortstop with a punch and Judy pyjama wearing AAAA player. The outfield has huge question marks over each position, our first baseman hasn’t played in ten months and – oh yeah – we don’t have a starting catcher or second baseman.

Other than that – we’re fine. I’ll take that drink now.

Are you kidding or serious? Tim Tebow’s Broncos lost three games in a row and he took a lot of heat. You weren’t reading the newspapers apparently.

Also, no one doubts that Omar tried, certainly never me. So why do you keep bringing it up? Sandy is trying too, but you just don’t like what he’s trying to do. Whether we like it or not, the business of baseball runs the the sport of baseball. Sandy is a hired employee. In every business of any size, an employee is taught to implement his boss’ instructions. This is a fact, which is sometimes hard for younger employees to accept.

The players know it. The fans know it. The Commissioner knows it. But we will be told the club is building for the future.