What's Going to Happen with the Mets?

[barrysloate]

Judd- I took poetic license with the proud part. It sounded good.

I agree that the ownership should get out- but Wilpon very much wants to pass the team down to his son, so that may not happen. It's hard to imagine any serious free agents even wanting to sign with them, given the possibility of major upheaval. It's a shame what's happening to them, and it's only the start.

[laughlinfan]

I would think from a revenue vs. expense aspect, the Mets should be able to maintain a healthy payroll and be competitive. In fact if they actually do things right and don't continue to spend bad money late in the process (overpriced late career free-agents) and instead spend it on scouting/development and actually signing a full compliment of promising draft choices, I think they could be a much stronger team in the long run.

That being said, if the Wilpons intend to try to recoup their losses through profits on running the team, then that would be a worst case scenario - and it could mean some (more) lean years ahead. I am very happy with the new front office, and am interested in seeing how Alderson can build with a high revenue team - not so sure how happy he is at this point, though. A new ownership group wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen...