Mets and $333 Million Dollar payroll

[1952boyntoncollector]

So either teams dont spend and are criticized for not winning or teams spend too much....very very hard to get that middle as other teams will spend more.

if spending too much causes your team to lose, ie. one guy gets hurt that impacts team too much and cant do much with roster for trades and no new money to spend, then thats a valid criticism.

otherwise never understood arguments about spend..

if yankees dont sign Judge. 'how can they let him go!' If they sign him 'how they spend so much' just typical talking points that someone could of written both articles before he signed or not....

[mrreality68]

Mets get Carlos Correa for 12 years $315 Million after some type of Physical issue with the Giants.
Correa moves to 3rd for the Mets.

The Mets payroll is projected approx $370 million before tax and before any trades ie (McCann)

Wow

Love to see them Spending. Interesting to see if they spent well and if it was enough to Catch Braves and Phillie and then Houston

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Mets get Carlos Correa for 12 years $315 Million after some type of Physical issue with the Giants.
Correa moves to 3rd for the Mets.

The Mets payroll is projected approx $370 million before tax and before any trades ie (McCann)

Wow

Love to see them Spending. Interesting to see if they spent well and if it was enough to Catch Braves and Phillie and then Houston

Rumors are they are trying to trade for Liam Hendriks.

Mets have approximately $140M coming off the books next year. Could be more if there are opt-outs.

[packs]

In this thread Mets fans celebrate an owner willing to spend what it takes to build the team they want. But in any thread about the Yankees it's unfair.

[mrreality68]

I think they always have have and have nots in baseball.

Yankees big spenders (even had a nice off season so far with Judge and Rodon)

Dodgers last 10 years approx real big spender.

Mets just the newest and biggest at moment.

And for the teams that do not have as much(or many times chose not to spend the money). WE know many smaller funded teams take the Tax share revenue and do not re-invest like they are supposed to but Pocket it. How will their system and process to see how they do ie Tampa and Oakland often find ways to be super competitive

We all know Money helps but it does not always buy a championship. Just How it is spent and how well/ or not well it is spent.

Did the Mets buy themselves a Pennant or a WS or WS Championship we shall see.

But did create a buzz and excitement the METS have not had in a long time and it will be fun and exciting.

Plus for them money in more merchandise sold, greater attendence in the stadium and food/parking money spent.

Time will see but with the Phillies, Brave, Dodgers, Yankees, Houston to name a few should be a fun year of baseball

[Peter_Spaeth]

So his physical issue was only with the Giants? Huh?

[packs]

I don't really understand the Mets.

They chose not to sign Kumar Rocker due to a medical evaluation after drafting him 10th overall. He plays Indy ball and then gets drafted 3rd overall by the Rangers.

Meanwhile, Correa has a 300 million dollar deal terminated after a medical evaluation and that for some reason made the Mets jump at the chance to sign him.