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2012
Mets Will Have $10 Million To $15 Million To Spend If Sandy Is Lucky?
An article by Hojo's Mojo
According to what a source told ESPNNewYork.com, don’t expect Sandy Alderson to have any more to spend this offseason than he did last offseason.
“They may have $10 million to $15 million max to spend — if Sandy is lucky,” the source said. ”The Mets’ internal conversations have been no increase in payroll next year — and may be another reduction, which would be a disaster.”
Last week, the Mets general manager said that a formal budget has not been established yet for next season, but a team source told ESPN that the Mets are likely to have a payroll comparable to the slightly more than $90 million they have committed in 2012.
That is certainly not the kind of news you want to hear especially when you consider all the revenue the Mets are expected to rake in because of the 2013 All Star Game which was awarded to them by Bud Selig.
With so many different areas that need attention and gaping holes in the outfield and bullpen, it’s going to take more than $15 million to do an effective job this offseason.
The Mets have about $15 million in salary commitments coming off the books after this season in players Mike Pelfrey, Jon Rauch, Ramon Ramirez, Ronny Cedeno, Scott Hairston and Tim Byrdak. Plus Bobby Parnell, Daniel Murphy and Andres Torres are arbitration eligible.
That sounds like a tall order to fill, and don’t forget that both David Wright and R.A. Dickey are most likely expecting to sign contract extensions this offseason. Or maybe not?
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God, I hate our team ownership!
Ditto!
Sell!
I couldn’t agree more. The Coupons need to get the hell outta town! They’re killing this franchise!
its no surprise to me. anyone who thinks ownership cares about winning is a fool!
“Mets Will Have $10 Million To $15 Million To Spend If Sandy Is Lucky?”
Last year it was reported that if the Mets didnt sign Reyes the money that he wouldve received would be spent towards free agents……Who knew they were talking about roughly only $8Mil that went to 2 bums in the bullpen….smh…
Guess next year will be David Wrights farewell tour….A la Jose Reyes
Winning replaces whinning. Whine all you want. Whinning does not beget any wins unless you stay away. Ownership says they need more attendence to break even. Let them continue to lose money since they refuse to invest inspite new minority owners. Don’t be a fool and go to games or purchase Mets gear.
This comment was not meant as a reply to BadBad LeroyBrown but to Met fans in general.
Good luck with that Hotstreak! MLB owners dont lose money they just get less of a return in which they compensate by making cuts like cutting a minor league team (Bye GCL Mets), cut personnel(Theyve done that),Cut team expenses/payroll(check) get others to invest and infuse money into the team for minority stakes(check)….
Find other ways to earn money off the team Allstar game(check) new expensive food…here’s looking at you filet mignon steak sandwhich…lol…when peanuts and cracker jacks dont cut it anymore—–> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itHhhYxqSSE
Hi Hotstreak,
Notice all the empty seats tonight? Bet the paid attendance will still be announced at about 26,000 nonetheless.
You wre right on target Joey D. Our team has been hijacked by the Wilpons . Wright should stick to his statement and leave if this team can’t play meaningful games in August. Ownership is responsible 100%. Wilpon says ask Sandy about the budget when Wilpon makes the budget. I hate to call Sandy a puppet but it sure looks that way. A 125 million payroll budget even with Santana and Bay could make this team a wild card contender. Ownership wants 35,000 plus per game BEFORE fixing their product. In the business world there is competion (forget the Yankees) just NL East is the competion for a superior product. The 10-15 M increase in the budget (the most) is for Wright and maybe Dickey. There may be a budget reduction. No outfield, catcher or BP help. Next year looks just as bleak and it won’[t have a fluke good start. The players and Met fans now are conditioned to a culture of losing. .
Hi Hotstreak,
Though we do have a lot committed to a few players, why the need to reduce payroll to that amount immediately while they are still under contract instead of doing it gradually? One can make that a long-term goal in order to continue its attempts to field a competitive team while slowly making the transition.
Doing it in this manner insures a few more years waiting to follow the blueprint of the Nationals who are doing it with a payroll in the $87 million range – the farm system producing young players along with the signing of free agents to compliment them,
But why does being stuck with the Bay and Santana contracts mean we could have not made productive moves in other areas over the winter and in the first half to have still remained competitive this year? There are two answers, looking at all the cost cutting measures made outside the roster payroll or believing the quality of this team is so thin that they were simply playing over their heads until the all star break and so such moves would be a waste.
But one could look at Baltimore, Pittsburgh and especially Oakland and say they are playing over their heads as well.
Hi Joey D.
As it turns out hitting or lack of hitting is the reason for the terrible 2nd half of the season. As an example RA Dickey has pitched 13 gtames where he has given up one run or less. Yesterday was the first he lost. There has been a plethora of shut out games thrown against the Mets, recently. Wright, Murphy,and Valdespin have tailed off. TToress and Bay are automatic outs. Catching is weak on both ends. The two out RBI’s is a distant memory. Wright hasn’t produced in 2nd half. Duda and Kirk are gone. This is a flawed team with too many lefties in the lineup. BP has been almost meh instead of terrible but SP has slipped with Gee is out (he had numerous quality starts), and Santana rushed back from rehab, Also Chris Young is only a five-six inning pitcher. Bottom line this team is now playing to the level of its ability and no longer over acheiving.
I was close. Mets announced attendance as close to 24 thousand (57 percent capacity – it sure didn’t seem so.
Thanks to the Wilpons and Uncle Bud’s personally appointed Mets GM our Mets have truly become the laughing stock of MLB. Slashing payroll, replacing quality with mediocrity (in players), losing yet ANOTHER Triple A franchise (we’re Vegas bound baby!) and trying to pull the wool over the fans’ eyes has become the new reality for the Mets. So sad. I know the Wilpons’ finances haven’t been great, but isn’t that what the minority investors were for? When will we see the Mets act like a Major League franchise again?
To answer your last question: 2014, when Selig finally steps down and hopefully, someone with a SET as commissioner will remove Fred Wilpon as owner. Can’t expect much else when one snake in the grass protects another.
Even Flow,
You make a good point. Not only might Selig retire after 2014 but isn’t that when Sandy’s contract expires as well? That would leave the Wilpons probably with nobody going out of their way to save them. Maybe that’s why Sandy said to expect his vision to reach fruition in 2015 for perhaps he suspected neither he, Selig and the Wilpons would be out of the picture?
Fellow Met fans: nothing to do with this story but this is really funny. After Johan’s no hitter on June 1st, I ordered from the NY Mets a souvenir ticket from the game. (it wasn’t cheap considering it is a duplicate ticket after the fact but I indulged myself. Well I got my printed ticket today with a nice letter from the Mets ticket office. All the ticket info was correct BUT insted of Johan Santana it has a picture of BOBBY OJEDA in a Mets uniform #19. So according to the NY Mets it was Bobby O who pitched our first no hitter. Sorry Johan. Do I have one of a kind here and should I return it for the real deal. I think I’ll keep it. What a story.
LOL, wow.
I’d keep that too.
if it was a duplicate, doesn’t that mean that Ojeda was on the original ticket? I thought they featured a different player for each game?
Stick,
you could be right. thanks. I just thought since they were going to print a souvenir ticket commenorating the game that they would have Johan’s picture on the ticket but if it was an actual game ticket, then you are right. It’s a neat thing to have anyway. thanks for the info. I thought when they advertised it on the Mets website that it did have a picture of Johan on it. Anyway Bobby O was not chopped liver.
Those 50th anniversary tickets are one of the coolest things the Mets did this season. I lucked out and got game #5 tickets compliments of MMO which had who else but #5 David Wright.
You guys are right. the no hitter ticket does have Bobby O’s picture on it. I called the Mets ticket office and they confirmed it. Now when I am 3 sheets to the wind and playing Mets trivia I will have the best trivia question . Who is the ballplayer on the Johan Santana tkt. and of course the answer is Bobby O. You know I am the perfect Mets fan-clueless just like the team!
Hi Lou,
I happen to have an actual ticket to game one of the 2004 World Series at Yankee Stadium. I treasure that as much as any of my actual Met memorabilia. BTW – I didn’t actually have a ticket for the game, a vendor of ours with season tickets gave two to the Vice President I worked for and then said he did not need them for his refund so we each kept one.
I beg of you….. PLEASE SELL !!!!!
Here’s a genius idea…..Let’s just field a triple-A team and see if the commish care about it. I’m so tired of the Tampons !! Mark Cuban and Jerry Seinfeld and Tracy Morgan should buy the team !!! Hostile take over anyone ???
Tracy Morgan?!?! HELL NO!!!
The Met’s will excercise Wright’s Option, the trade him.
And that means what? Still have to fix the blowpen, right handed hitting outfielder, at least 2 starters, & a catcher who can hit with some power.
Is anyone really surprised by this? Since the Madoff scandal the Wilpons have been desperately trying to hold on to the team. Since it takes money to make money the ownership wants nothing more than to break even right now. Bud (everybody’s Buddy) has been an enabler to Fred – much to the chagrin of the Mets fans.
Rebuilding through the farm system? Good luck with that. It takes years and there is no guarantee – remember Paul Wilson, Pulsifer and Isringhausen?
The Mets played over their heads during the first half of the season. The way they have been lately is far more indicative of the team put together by Sandy. Remember, Sandy’s biggest move this offseason was rebuilding the bullpen. We have seen the results.
Hmm,
17 comments (not including mine) and the score is 17-0 against the front office.
Come on you Sandy supporters, don’t let them shut you out.
It’s actually directed at ownership not neccesarily the GM since the owner sets the budget. Even Sandy supporters don’t support this ownership.
Does any Met fan support this ownership?
I’ve yet to see one publicly admit that.
And right on cue TWO of the biggest slurpers come in to shut that notion down right away… amazing… SMH
Hard to take any of your responses seriously when you attack posters in this manner.
And right on cue the biggest d****bag follows up with his childish rhetoric. Enjoy your ban from the shoutox, now you have more time to play with your Hanley and Reyes bobblehead dolls. Lube up!
I have come to the conclusion the last few year that the team and the players are not the problem.The problem is the schedule is too long.We meed to play in a league with an 85 game shedule and we would make the playoffs almost every year
And we should support this team because…?
Wow, they don’t have a plan going forward, not that we are aware of, but come out and say no more money basically for next year?
I being one of those fans that continues to watch games late in Sept despite how bad they have been, have to get a fill till ST, and will continue because this is my team but what can the avg fan who doesn’t attend games due to get the Wilpons attention?
again,I have been saying this, we should trade wright, save the $15 million, he’s the only guy who is valuable to any team as of now, we get prospects, save more cash, use it more or less wisely and prepare for 2014. As one guy in here said when reyes was a FA and left “it ain’t like the mets won anything with him” well, we haven’t exactly won anything with wright either, in fact, the mets have a losing record with Wright and had a winning record with reyes, not comparing, just saying, trade the guy, get some good prospects, let him decide whether to stay with that team or be a FA on his own, everybody wins. IMHO
That’s a recipe for disaster Alex. You don’t ever build by dumping your best regularly. You build on to them. And you don’t build rounf them with part time players and burnt out releivers and starters. And in the majority of cases when you get 4 for 1 you lose. And please don’t site Ryan. I didn’t say all.
Amazin, point is, we might lose wright for nothin, just like we did reyes. We might as well go and get something for him while his value is up. if you ask me we should sign him and go after other players, however, for as long as thid FO is in, we will see the same issues of acquiring crap. fans are not showing up to see DW either and we’re close to being where we were pegged to be at season’s beginning, which is last place. i get what you’re saying, but i think this is the move that should be made imo
Does that figure include the raises that Wright, Niese, and the great Alderson find, Francisco get next year? Does it include the raises that newly arb eligible players will get, weven with crummy years? I t it/doub
I fully support the ownership. LEAVING ! ! Tampons must go !