‘The War Room’ Question - 9-23-12
The Mets had a 2012
payroll of $94.508mil.
Sandy Alderson is on
record saying the 2013 payroll will be in the “$100mil range”.
The current 2013
‘books’ stand at $54.475mil. Assuming you renew RA Dickey (+$4.450) and David
Wright (+$14,250mil, that will add $18.7mil, with a new 2013 total of
$73.175mil)
Some decisions to make:
1. You will have to add $5mil to this
figure if you decide to keep Mike Pelfrey and that decision has to be made
before December rolls around
2. You have to decide whether you DFA or
sign the following players to new, more expensive contracts:
RP John Rauch $3.5mil
OF Andres Torres $2.7mil
RHP Ramon Ramirez $2.65mil
RHP Ramon Ramirez $2.65mil
C Kelly Shoppach $1.35mil
IF Ronny Cedeno $1.15mil
OF Scott Hairston $1.1mil
RP Tim Byrdak $1.0mil
RP Tim Byrdak $1.0mil
Lastly, C Josh Thole, 2B Daniel Murphy, and 1B Ike Davis are
entering their first arbitration year and will be due a sizeable raise from the
minimum
So the question is this…
What kind of team will there be in 2013, what will be the
salary, how much is left, and who does the Mets go shopping for?
