Mets sign Carlos Correa
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As a METS fan since Casey lost 120 games at the Polo grounds in 1961, this off season has been beyond my wildest expectations. Liam Hendriks from the White Sox might put a cherry on this cake.
Which is about ten times what the Pittsburgh Prospects will pay this year.
Sportrac has a post that looks at payroll, plus the MLB penalty for going over the soft salary cap.
1. NYM: $502M
2. NYY: $310M
3. SD: $251M
4. PHI: $245M
5. TOR: $228M
6. ATL: $225M
7. LAA: $219M
8. LAD: $211M
9: HOU: $208M
10: BOS: $206M
11. CWS: $201M
12. CHC: $200M
13: TEX: $199M
14: COL: $184M
15: SF: $179M
16. STL: $178M
17. SEA: $175M
18. DET: $137M
19. MIL: $136M
20. MIN: $129M
21. CLE: $121.6M
22. TB: $121M
23. ARI: $119M
24. WSH: $115M
25. MIA: $108M
26. KC: $103M
27. CIN: $86M
28. BAL: $85M
29. PIT: $77M
30. OAK: $70M
So the two NYC teams have a combined payroll that is about the total of the bottom ten teams.
1. NYM: $502M
2. NYY: $310M
3. SD: $251M
4. PHI: $245M
5. TOR: $228M
6. ATL: $225M
7. LAA: $219M
8. LAD: $211M
9: HOU: $208M
10: BOS: $206M
11. CWS: $201M
12. CHC: $200M
13: TEX: $199M
14: COL: $184M
15: SF: $179M
16. STL: $178M
17. SEA: $175M
18. DET: $137M
19. MIL: $136M
20. MIN: $129M
21. CLE: $121.6M
22. TB: $121M
23. ARI: $119M
24. WSH: $115M
25. MIA: $108M
26. KC: $103M
27. CIN: $86M
28. BAL: $85M
29. PIT: $77M
30. OAK: $70M
So the two NYC teams have a combined payroll that is about the total of the bottom ten teams.
So the Mets are paying only five times what the Prospects are paying.
As a Met fan for 50+years, I am ready to absorb any and all slings and arrows for their actions after all the inaction of the Wilpon years.
Saw a funny comment from someone who said you have to admire the Mets dedication to spending money and still coming in second to the Braves.
Also a met fan and as a fan, I have always maintained the position of "I want my owner to spend a ton." Whats it to me? I don't have to balance their books. Same thing with Penn State....spend like drunken sailors, just put a good product on the field, doesn't hurt my pocketbook. (I do say this as someone who rarely goes to Met games and would never contemplate purchasing Penn State season tickets.
As a fan of teams in large media and money centers, I'd feel the same way. the problem is it is killing MLB as more than half the teams are our of the game before the season starts.
Now, the NY and LA fans will point to the mid and small-market WS winners over the last several years. But that is BS, IMHO. Those teams manage their roster really well and get a shot at the brass ring. Then, due to their success, the large market teams come in and offer their players bazillion of dollars and they leave. One element is that they have much lower chances at winning. The second is that fans stop coming to games. Fans come to see the team, right. But they also come to watch great players. So if your team is losing but you've got a superstar you can root for, you are willing to pay the money.
Great time to be a Mets fan. I've read speculation that Cohen's father is a big Mets fan and is getting up there in age which is motivating Cohen to pull out the stops to win a World Series in his first few years in NY. I have no idea how true that is but it's not my money, and it's nice to see an owner spending lavishly to improve their club vs. the alternative of sitting on their heels collecting money.
I have been a Guardians/Indians fan forever. They do a great job of competing for a small market team. However, they are unlikely to win the world series in my lifetime. The good players that they develop always leave for a bigger paycheck. Jose Ramirez is the exception. MLB is being destroyed. If you live in Pittsburgh are you going to spend your money going to a Pirates or a Steelers game? I would go the Steelers game. Same reason.
Just my opinion, but I think the time has come to get rid of the June baseball draft. A team drafts a player with high expectations, spends X # of thousands/millions of dollars developing him only to see him pick up and walk away in 5-6 years. I realize the argument that it is necessary for small market teams to survive, but what is going on now is only delaying the inevitable. What's the sense in getting attached to a player only to see hi walk away eventually? I grew up in a generation where you knew as long as he played, you knew Mickey Mantle would always be a Yankee. You root for a team today, you root for a piece on cloth or paper, you don't know how long your favorite player will be here. I think the same is happening in CFB with the transfer portal. It's good for someone buried on a depth chart but I can see abuse happening,
The Oakland Athletics: $70 million payroll. Dead last in MLB, every year. They are stuck with a Triple A roster, even though their owner (Donald Fisher) is one of the richest MLB owners.
Yeah, Cohen is brilliant.
Half a billion so he can smoke a cigar at the topless joint, make it rain, and then beg for a lapdance.
On the way home has to fork over another $100,000 to make sure he can find a hooker without the press finding out.
