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What Quality Players Will Want To Play For The Mets In The Future?
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This usually is a fun time of the year when you get to speculate where the top free agents will land. The Mets make it easy on us, because we know they won’t go after anybody of substance.
No offense, Mike Nickeas and Anthony Recker.
The most popular theory is the Mets will jump into the free-agent market when, 1) the Wilpons sell the team, 2) when they resolve their financial problems, or 3) when hell freezes over.
For the sake of the argument, let’s assume No. 2.
We know Sandy Alderson is here at the request of the commissioner to help the Mets get their financial house in order.
But, when will that be, and what will things look like when they do?
It’s an oversimplification to assume after next year when Johan Santana’s contract is off the books. Jason Bay is gone, but reports say the buyout is deferred, so that is money still owed.
It’s wrong to assume the Mets will suddenly have flexibility, snap their fingers and start writing checks. Let’s figure three years from now they might be able, or is it willing?
Why would anybody want to come here?
Think about it, what’s the attraction?
* David Wright and R.A. Dickey could be gone, and if Wright stays he’ll be three years older and perhaps on the downside of his career.
* The assumption is the Mets will undergo more losing, thereby taking away the part of the market that wants to go to a contender.
* We don’t know how the Mets’ top pitching prospects will pan out.
* Ike Davis could leave as a free-agent.
* Most teams build around their farm system and use free agents to complement. But, what core do you see with the Mets, especially if they trade some of their young pitching?
* There’s always the money, but do they really want to sign a Jayson Werth type?
Thoughts from Joe D.
Two years in and on the their third offseason, and it’s still difficult to see any real plan here. So much so that the team’s top two players requested to see evidence of one before deciding whether they would sign an extension to stay on. Both remain unsigned.
The last two years were supposed to be about polishing the Mets brand in addition to getting their financial house in order. That hasn’t happened. When the Mets are ready to spend again in free agency, assuming that time comes at all, what players would view the Mets as an attractive option?
I still see this team as one that will need to grossly overpay a quality player to come to Flushing rather than play for Beirut. Nothing on that front has really changed and if they do have some money to spend this offseason, we might see that play out before our very eyes.
I expect the Mets to have plenty of names on their radar this Winter, and that the rumor mill will be churning out stuff by the hour. But when all is said and done, the Mets will find themselves shopping in the same aisles they’ve been browsing in for the last three years.
About the Author: John Delcos
I am an active member of the BBWAA and have covered Major League Baseball in several capacities for over 20 years, including ten in New York working the Mets' and Yankees' beat. I covered the Baltimore Orioles for eight years and the Cleveland Indians before that. I currently serve as an editor and senior staff writer for Mets Merized Online. Follow me on Twitter @jdelcos.
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Unfortunately, nobody wants to play for the Mets except those desperate for a job because they are coming off a bad season or coming back from a serious injury. Like you mentioned, players will need to be overpaid. Even David Wright will be overpaid to stay and he apparently likes it here.
The players follow the money. Remember Pedro, Santana, Glavine and yes Bay and Kazi Matsui Oh how about Bonby Bonilla!
Opps! The only one that paid dividends was Beltran. Sorry I forgot the good and only remembered the bad.
Glavine was actually good
Pedro was a necessary signing at the time.
Bay was a disaster nobody saw coming. But 2009 was a epic disaster in LF. We needed a LF and we got the 2nd best one available at half the price of the best one available.
No way with the Madoff problems we had were we going to pay Matt Holliday that money.
and after the year we had in 2009, Sitting on your hands and doing nothing in NYC is NOT an option.
So who would you have signed to play LF ?
Hi Hotstreak,
If it was just a matter of the most players following the money, then we would not be in the situation we find ourselves in. There is not only no money for them to follow, but no money for us to try and keep what we had and still have.
Pedro, etc. followed the money and over the subsequent years others wanted to play in New York of couse for the money but also because they knew they were signing with a competitor. But unlike then, now the road is long with many a winding turn that leads us to who knows where, who knows when (with apologies to the Hollies). And we know the Wilpons and Sandy will not encumber anyone in the process.
Its a matter of economics, if no investment in the product on the field then no fans in the seats. If the Mets want to be irrelevant on the long and winding road there is nothing we can do but stay away. Maybe fly a plane with a banner over Citi Field demanding new owners. The Mets are counting on Harvey and Wheeler and Niese all low cost investments for their stage of development ; plus DW and Ike to sell their product. The rest are making minimum or were or will be salvaged from the scrap heap. RA Dickey came from that scrap heap but the odds of picking another one like R.A. is like hitting the lottery twice.
Absolutely, it´s a bottom line thing. Rather frustrating, though, going from one extreme to the other; from spenders to thrift. Bipolar Mets drive you crazy!
How is Santana bad? If the Mets would score some runs when he pitched he would be the next pitcher likely to win 300 games, instead we are praying he comes back as half the pitcher he was, not his fault.
Bad investment not bad in talent: Santana’s is encumbered by his injuries.
Money, money, money. It is what they are about
I knew we had no money and that Alderson’s job would be tough. But what gets me angry is that Alderson was supposed to be a master at working with such financial constraints and yet he’s shown no capacity for doing that. That’s why my patience is nearly exhausted with him. Unless he does something dramatic this off season, it might be time for another GM who can operate a team with mid size payroll like the competition does.
Could that actually be the issue? I wonder. Don´t think it´s all just a matter of capabilities, Wilpons just can´t spend but, they want to keep the team also.
I think it is the issue,
Alderson was supposed to find undervalued players using sabermetrics and all kinds of advanced statistical analysis. That’s what i was under the impression of and that’s what was going to compensate for the Mets low budget and still help keep the Mets fighting to stay in contention as much as possible with whatever resources they had. He did not and has failed. He has failed miserably.
This is not the first case in baseball history that a team had a low budget as I’m sure everybody knows. I’m not about to go searching through google but I’m sure it happens ALL the time where teams with low budgets WIN.
Alderson failed. It’s as simple as that. And what’s ever more irritating is the amount of people that have changed their tune and now use the “Wilpons have no money” excuse all in the name of defending their Messiah. And why is he their Messiah? Because he likes sabermetrics and moneyball. And that’s what the fantasy baseball players…er…the new fan base likes too. That’s the common denominator. Even when listening to Brian Erni on Metsblog radio the other day and when talking about possible moves he cites his fantasy baseball team as a reason why he wouldn’t want certain changes made. Now of course he does not mean it 100% (even i know that) he still cites his fantasy baseball team and you see that happening a lot know. It’s another reason why the stat addicts who are drunk with numbers now like to seemingly have all statistically acceptable players on your team when they talk about team unit. They cannot comprehend the concept of the sum being greater than the individual parts in order to win – and of course solid pitching and good defense is the precursor to that. No more, now it’s OPB because it aesthetically looks so simple and so logical according to fantasy baseball. Then again a lot of things look simple and logically when computer generated too. That’s why i despise this front office and the people that root for them more then they even care about the team.
But anyway i went off topic there. SO yes Alderson’s failure to acquire undervalued players (as if there’s such a thing anyway because all teams know about all players) using advanced statistical analysis has failed. And it’s failed big time because was see General Managers from other teams making excellent low radar moves and dumping big contracts all the time and every single off season.
Not the Mets. Because the front office is inept and may be the WORST this team has ever had on the field…and because of Sandy’s horrendous and sarcastically drenched disposition the off the field perception has taken a big hit too.
>And why is he their Messiah? Because he likes sabermetrics and moneyball.
WRONG !!!
It’s because he speaks perfect english
Really? Dropping a racism claim?
LOL, Asks the guy from the state where they shoot Mexicans first, then ask questions later. Maybe you didn’t know because you’re 2,000 miles away, but Minaya was mocked frequently for not speaking perfect English.
I’m in Seattle, clown. And I was in New York when Omar was there. Seems you are quick to judge, quick to assume.
And Texans don’t limit who they shoot. Equal opportunity shoot-ists.
so you were in NY when Omar was here from 2004-2010…
and never heard Met fans complain about Omar not speaking English well enough for their tastes….then complaining that he didnt have a college degree
I dont recall them ever calling out any Met GM’s educational credentials…EVER….
So Typical
Who they shoot? no
Who they fry? yes
It seems you were first to judge one for racism when he only asserted fact. Said many when Alderson was hired, “at least he speaks English’. So dont cloak your own racism by accusing another. If you were in NY at the time, your head must have been in the sand or you are willfully ignorant.
Weak trolling man.
You dont know the definition. TX citing racism was trolling. Open your eyes, stupid.
Trolling, stating obvious facts… You know, the same thing…
Hi Bayonne,
Hope things starting to return to normalcy for you and yours after Sandy.
Regarding the other Sandy, of course, his credentials as a baseball person were all a myth put forward by those who believe in sabermetrics, money ball and/or that the simplification of fantasy leagues reflect reality. A poster boy is needed.
As you correctly pointed out, many organizations have fielded competitive teams on middle of the road budgets but what is important to remember is they were not forced into those budgets by fiscal restraint but rather the budgets were the results of good planning and ingenuity and if they had to spend some more, they did. Cincinnati went from $76 to $82 million, Washington from $63 to $81 million. St. Louis, despite the loss of Puljos, went from $105 to $110 million. Baltimore went down from $85 million to $81. Oakland went down about $10 million due to economic restraint which caused them to having to trade arbitration eligible and then to be free agent Geo Gonzalez (Billy Beane admitted as much) but he used his baseball skill to get good prospects and upcoming players in return.
Which makes me ask another question about Zach Wheeler. From the reports I read, the Mets could have sent Beltran off to other teams which were offering at least two prospects which as individuals probably did not have the potential of Wheeler. But could we have been better off with two very good prospects to fill two holes rather than one great one? And with our young starting pitching, could we have focused on position players instead?
I don’t know the individuals being offered but I wonder if we could have actually been better off settling on two very good prospects instead one top prospect and did so more because of the public relations spin. I ask that only because we have seen the motives of this ownership have not been in their own self-interests and not that of the team.
**** meant have BEEN in their own self interests and not that of the team, obviously.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for something dramatic from the FO this season. They’ve already gone on record saying that isn’t happening. No reason – especially with finances the way they are – to doubt that. I’d take that quote to the bank.
Only way we’ll see any kind of ‘dramatic’ move is if the Mets are unable to extend either/both Dickey/Wright. Then we’ll likely see a trade getting back as much as we can for either/or.
I’d say the money but all things being equal players want to be on a winner or at least
a team on the right track. Being an athlete is about competition after all.
The Mets under the current FO have garnered a bad reputation in baseball which would make it difficult to sign anyone who isn’t looking for a stepping stone to a better club.
DW is ostensibly an honorable man. He said he wants to play with a winner. Guess what? Who does he sign a 126 M extention with.
He signs the extension with whatever team we trade him to
I hope you are right about that!!
Lets be real….98% of players go where the money is. Cliff Lee taking less money (though he still go paid a fortune) to go back to the Phils is exceedingly rare. Even when the Mets were “good” during some of the Omar years, players weren’t signing here b/c they just really want to be Met, they came here b/c the Mets offered the most money. Look at the money the Yanks have tossed out to retain/sign guys like A-Rod, CC, Teixeira. Even the Yankees who are in the playoffs every single year only get the big players if they throw huge $$$ at them,
And it seems like you are complaining about both sides of every issue. “We don’t know how the pitching will pan out” and that it’d also be big problem if they “trade away their young pitching” to improve the team. And now we’re talking about Ike leaving as a FA? Though I suppose I should throw you bone for at least being positive that Ike could be a desirable player
Endy Chavez !
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/score-trading-linsane-article-1.1200016#ixzz2Bv59Qncm
this is why i say most of the sports journalists in NYC have an agenda
Listen to Flip Bondy with his logic on why the mets should keep Dickey…mind you….NONE if it has anything to do with BASEBALL:
Mainly, though, he is a heartwarming tale and the last knuckleballer in baseball. Omar Minaya signed him out of nowhere, which may be why Alderson has no particular allegiance to the guy. But it will be hard for Alderson to paint Dickey as some greedy athlete who wouldn’t accept a reasonable offer. He isn’t Jose Reyes, who was another nice Met story until he asked for some money.
Reyes isn’t the only big name to be shed, of course. During their current ownership crisis — and there is still no other way to describe the penny-pinching that goes on at Citi Field — the Mets have dumped Carlos Beltran, who wasn’t their story; and Jason Bay, who was a sheer disaster. Nobody mourned long for either of those players.”
Man, what a depressing article… If you can’t see the positives that this team has and you are only going to focus on the negatives, then it’s a cloudier world you live in than I do. And I live in Seattle! Will this team automatically go out and start dropping buckets of cash to fix every hole they have via free agency? I sure the heck hope not. I see a plan in place and I see it slowly getting there. This is not a one year turn around thing.
The impatience that I see is both amazing and depressing. This was never a 1 year fix. This was a 3-4 year fix, easy. We have 2 years done and are entering year 3. We’ll see that the team will have more money (assuming it is reinvested) come 2014. We see the minor league system continue to get better. I cannot sit here and go “oh, whoa is me”.
This is turning into the official web site of the New York Chicken Littles.
After your own depressing rant you failed to list all of the the positives you so moaned for? Republican I presume? Complain an blame and offer no solutions. That doesn’t work. Ask Mitt. Anyway, list your positives for a careful examination by those that depress you. P.S. Metsblog might be less depressing for you and more to your taste.
Stereotyper, err, Roxio.
The positives: a stellar group of exciting young pitchers, in Niese, Harvey, Wheeler, Fulmer, Tapia and hopefully Familia and Mejia. A solid, young and talented SS & 1B. Payroll flexibility coming soon, which should be used to add a FA or two that can put the team over the top (not trying to fill every hole with FA. AKA, the correct use of FA players).
Now, feel free to somehow twist the above into some sort of political/racial stereotype, because you seem to like to do that vs. chatting like an educated adult.
And the other 29 teams cant say the same thing? Oh brother, you’re not drinking the Koolaid, you’re swimming in it. That’s your positives? Niese and 5 untested pitchers?
Wow, you’re not trolling? Stop being so stupid then.
Enjoy living in downersville, population: you.
It’s a game. A distraction. If you want to be bummed, upset, angry about the whole deal, feel free. I’m not, and by that, we’ll have to agree to disagree.
Enjoy Mike Nickeas getting 250 ABs too!
Be sure to stay positive through every one of them!
I enjoy your love of the exclamation point!
Obama is a horrible Pres.!!! a true Socialist!!! best part of him being in for another long 4 years is he cant run again when its over!!! God Help America!!!
Still better than GW who lied to get us in Iraq, ignored warnings about 9/11, and took the Clinton Surplus and gave it to the rich in tax cuts which thank God expire in 2013. He literally set the country back 100 years.
Isn’t this post about big free agents not wanting to play for the Mets? All the big names are gone including Beltran and Reyes and soon Wright and Dickey. You want to celebrate then celebrate. You think Josh Hamilton would come here if we had the resources? You’re dreaming.
Are we saying the Mets may have to overpay in 2014 to bring in a big name even if they wanted one? Well yeah. They had to do that in 2005 too.
I know. I dont understand why some here are acting like this post is doing anything but pointing out the obvious. It’s not being negative just pointing out the lay of the land.
Honestly the Mets have always had to overpay, they’re in New York and are the Mets.
Hi Tex,
It is also a case of what we could have been the past two seasons for we certainly did not require a re-building yet on the major league level and were not facing a situation where our star players would have been through after 2013.
Beltran has had two solid years coming back from injury. Reyes, though not a batting champ, did well again at short and what Tejada didn’t bring to us was speed at the top – an important element of run scoring production. Pagan had another good season. And we went ahead and assembled the worst bullpen in baseball.
Yes, we have a nice overall young starting rotation and if Wright sticks around a credible infield. Then the problems begin. True, we all felt Duda was going to be a staple in the outfield with the bat (not the glove) but now we have two other outfield holes and hoping Duda returns to form to compensate how he hurts us with his glove. We have no bullpen and little strength on the bench.
It didn’t have to be this way. Since our starting pitching and infield is relatively young, over the last two seasons if we attempted to keep the outfielders that we had and made viable additions to the bullpen we could have found ourselves still competitive in the second half and in a better position going into 2013.
It did not have to be this way even with the Madoff situation for the payroll was still the least of the Wilpons’ financial problems.
Over and over and over…
Yet no mention of how we would have gotten a Wheeler without trading a lame duck or how we would have been able to afford Beltran Reyes and Wright.
Yes the Mets were in a huge need of rebuilding and reorganizing top to bottom. Too bad that also didn’t include the Wilpons as well.
Hi TRS,
The multitude of problems created are not going to be offset by the addition of Wheeler.
So let us even agree that he turns into a good starter – because our starting rotation already looks quite good one should question the merits of why we obtained another promising starting pitcher in lieu of an everyday player (or perhaps even two good prospects instead of a single top rated one). Even with Tom Seaver, from 1970 through 1975 and two Cy Young Awards (along with strong supporting pitching) we never finished more than four games over .500 and twice finished below that mark (even though 1972 and 1973 were marred by injuries).
Joey to get young talent you have to give but you refuse to accept the second part. They had no money to keep it all together because all together had failed so miserably.
Who says getting “Young Talent” is the only answer?
Why does it have to be give “Established Performers” so you can get “Unproven Young”?
Why must we give away KNOWN good simply for the promise of might be good and maybe not AS good, if even good at all?
But I am glad you admitted there was a multitude of problems. That’s first step…
Hi Trs,
Has no one ever been more misunderstood?
I’ve been saying from day one that the decisions made were due to finances – or the sudden lack of therefore.
My disagreement is with those who contend the moves were made in the best interests of the club and not the owners and part of Sandy’s “vision” to improve the club overall. Nobody would dismantle a team that was playing at a .575 clip for more than half the season and pulling to within six games of the wild card with only a third of the season even for a Zack Wheeler if they weren’t so desperate to save money.
You still don’t get the Wheeler trade most likely COST them money. However Beltran was a lame duck that they absorbed the cost of and turned into the teams top prospect. For all the Moves Sandy may have screwed up on, that wasn’t one of them. If they had wanted Beltran they still could have re-signed him but that would mean he would have to have wanted to come back and after how bad the Mets had screwed him over why would he?
Can we please just move on from this topic instead of trying to make it relevant in every post?
^this. The Wheeler trade was a win in every single possible way. Just leave it at that.
You’re calling the Wheeler trade a win already? Are you Mrs. Alderson? You gotta be kidding me, he hasn’t thrown a pitch in the majors and has a minor league walk rate and strikeout rate like Oliver Perez at same age.
You don’t understand. the mets got Wheeler for 2 months of Beltran. Unless Wheeler is literally completely valueless in the major leagues, this trade is a win. In fact, even if Wheeler shits the bed the trade is still a win- you can say “oh he’s never played in the majors hes unproven” about every prospect. That doesn’t change the value of a prospect in relation to other prospects and their likelihood of becoming a good major leaguer. Wheeler is more talented than almost any other prospect and more likely to succeed than almost any other prospect. The Mets weren’t getting a better prospect than Wheeler in this trade- you can’t look in hindsight and say “oh x-fringe prospect turned into a superstar we should have traded for him”. You can’t predict which prospects are going to fizzle out or surprise, so you just get the best ones at the time.
Youre acting like it’s the first rental trade in baseball history. I understand but your acting like a poodle in heat. We could have extended Beltran like Dickey if we wanted. Stop acting like we did something historic, we didn’t. We gave up an all star and $8 million for a single A pitcher at the time. That’s all that happened.
Top prospect is relative it really means nothing. Before Wheeler it was F-Mart, and Milledge before him. Until Wheeler proves otherwise, he’s just another top Mets prospect like those before him. And as long as Beltran keeps having 30+ homer seasons it won’t go away. It took almost 8 years until we stopped talking about Kazmir.
really? I’m just explaining it thoroughly because it’s annoying how people with an agenda are trying to find a way to make the Wheeler trade seem like a negative when its obviously not. I didn’t even use any exclamation points lol
We all have agendas, including you. It’s what separates the humans from the animals. Some people see trade as a negative and some don’t. Just cause you see it your way, it doesn’t give you the seat of judgement over others. All opinions are shared here.
BTW dont know how old you are, but some Mets fans thought we got a great haul for Seaver too.
Hi This,
It’s just that we’re not accustomed to throwing in the towel and a season for a prospect when we are so close and playing great baseball. I am willing to be you a nickel that had the Mets kept both KRod and Beltran – even if he did walk away – the Wilpons would be seeing more fans in the stands today because the fans would at least be thinking these owners want to win.
And those moves would not have crippled our future and, as R.A. Dickey has said, teams can both build their farm system and remain competitors on the major league level at the same time.
We all agree the moves were done out of what was deemed to be a financial necessity for the cost cutting has gone way beyond the payroll to throughout the organization even including not signing one of it’s number two draft picks (number 75 overall) because of approximately $40,000 below slot money. The Beltran move was not done in the interest of the club – not after Sandy even stated for the record that had he not gotten the type of prospects the team wanted, he would have then entertained monetary considerations.
Sandy was determined to get rid of Beltran and Krod and nothing more – even though Carlos was our top hitter and clubhouse leader and the Mets were in the wild card race. He, the ownership, or both didn’t give a damn about the season that could have been and have lost the trust of the players and support of the fans.
If we had the $, I’d be all for re-signing Reyes, Beltran, etc. This is why all my fingers (and thumbs) point at the Wilpons. Beltran Iowans and still is awesome. I wanted Reyes to stay. But with no money, it is as it happened. It ain’t fun, but as my “happy” post above states, I’m not going to cry about the situation. If it s going to be raining in your party, you collect said rain water, add malt, hops and yeast and make yourself some artificial cheer.
Finding undervalued players was a lot easier when no one else was doing it.
A low payroll IS A LEGIT excuse for not winning when two players, mostly unproductive, eat up half the salary. Now, the other half of the salary you need to get 23 other players.
I neither like nor dislike Alderson. I don’t care about any sabermetric statistics. My opinion is that it’s still not “his team” yet because the older players are still eating up far too much salary.
I don’t let my frustration because they lose cloud my judgment like so many mets fans.
A smart fella had a good point earlier. A lot of bitching about letting go of Reyes, Beltran, and K-Rod….but someone please tell us how would they ever afford them all at a 100 million payroll.
Letting them go wasn’t a baseball decision, it was an ownership imposed payroll cut…a layoff really. Anyone who doesn’t see that is the stupidest, most dumb idiot in the entire fan base. If you are mad at me for saying that then I guess that’s you…(that means you’re stupid!).
Hi Truth,
Well, somehow their long-term planning convinced the Mets felt they could afford all those players down the road even in 2010 when they signed Bay with the knowledge they still had the contractual commitments to KRod, Beltran, Santana, Reyes and Wright as well – not to mention the KRod signing was only a year before Bay.
They didn’t see it a problem then. So what happened in just twelve months for them to suddenly do a complete corporate about face?
Payroll was not the problem but it certainly was an excuse.
Hi Truth,
….. and please don’t call me “stupid” for I’ve been saying all along the moves were not baseball but financial like you say. All I’m saying is that the payroll was not the cause of this problem and had the Wilpons not been victims of the ponzie scheme and out-priced their product with a smaller capacity ball park they would be still going after free agents today, albeit more prudently as far as players were concerned.
The Mets will have financial issues for years… in 2014, a note (or notes) on SNY and ballpark construction are supposedly due. They will just be re-finances. Add to that the decreasing ticket sales by an evaporating fan base… this club, under this ownership, will be a mess for years. PLEASE STOP KIDDING YOURSELVES!
The only part of this question i love the most is the WILPONS SELLING OUR TEAM, AMEN. Well cause i’m tired of tyhe excuses. This team should not go through losing all the damn time, so if we had real owners who gave a damn maybe we will be winners, but not as long as the wilpons have our team. Really if u do care they do something, just don’t say well maybe listen to us the fans who pay to get in, cus if the losing con’ts nobody will be there, now do u get jerks. You people owe us payback, so start doing something or just get out of our city, please just sell our team.
It makes me rather sad to think of the Mets as they are today. It is a fact that the Mets will not be a contender again until the current ownership and management are gone. It doesn’t matter what they try to do if they are not able to compete for the best players. In my humble opinion, the only way to change things is to boycott the games. Only by doing this, will the current disaster of an owner who wants to leave the team to his Son, and the yard sale GM situation be changed in New york.
Hi Edward,
Most all of us share your sentiments, however, we all know there won’t be any organized boycott of course, even for one day.
The only thing Met fans can do is to stay home and root for the orange and blue while watching their televisions and home theater monitors and not give into temptation when all the empty seats again result in half price or even free ticket offers.
I feel bad for the players having to suffer from lack of fan support however they, just like us, have already been “kicked in the teeth”.