Adam Rubin - the Mets beat writer for the Daily News that Omar Minaya threw under the bus last year when Rubin uncovered the Tony Bernazard story (Bernazard took his shirt off and challenged all of the Binghamton Mets to a fight); Bernazard was subsequently fired and Minaya thought Rubin released the story since he wanted to get a job in player development with the Mets - makes a very humbling point about the Mets of the future:Even if the Mets had 16 players making the major league minimum next season - which is impossible -- the salary commitments for 2011 already total $120 million. (It's valid to note some of Johan Santana's salary is deferred with interest. And Jose Reyes' $11 million for 2011 is an option, although he should be making that much regardless of whether he signs an extension instead.)
The 2011 commitments:
Johan Santana $22.5 million
Carlos Beltran $18.5 million
Jason Bay $16 million
David Wright $14 million
Oliver Perez $12 million
Francisco Rodriguez $11.5 million
Jose Reyes $11 million
Luis Castillo $6 million
Ryota Igarashi $1.75 million
16 players at major league minimum: $6.4 million
Total: $119.65 million
So that goes to show that the Mets won't be throwing any Benjamins at anyone this offseason since they simply don't have the resources. The Phillies have major commitments too, but at least they have quality players on the books. If the Mets continue the downward spiral they're in now through August and September, attendance will plummet and season tickets will not be renewed.
They'll be like the Nationals. Only with a high payroll!
ReplyDeleteDoesn't that make them the Redskins?
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