Trent Steele wrote:Reyes and Crawford. People are delusional if they think Reyes isn't getting $100m. He is.

Trent Steele wrote:Reyes and Crawford. People are delusional if they think Reyes isn't getting $100m. He is.

Not only is Jose Reyes probably outta here, the Mets won't be reinvesting the money. Fred Wilpon acknowledged to Sports Illustrated that the payroll could go down about 30 percent next offseason.

If the Mets' payroll is roughly $140 million this year, that means $98 million next year. And if $65 million comes off without Reyes and because Francisco Rodriguez doesn't vest, only about $23 million gets put back in next offseason -- with the need for a shortstop and a closer. And that's not even taking into account raises to other players.

"That's fair," Wilpon told the magazine. "If you invest your $100 million properly, as most clubs that are competitive are in that range . . . I think that we have to see what Sandy [Alderson, the general manager] wants to do, and Sandy wants flexibility. And I'm trying to give him the ultimate amount of flexibility. He's going to have to make those decisions . . . The answer to your question is yeah, that could happen."

jerseyhoya wrote:

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" Wilpon told the magazine. "If you invest your $100 million properly

magelb
Awesome. RT @DPLennon: Alderson: "If the world ended when it was supposed to on Saturday, we wouldn't have to worry about all these issues."
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bleh wrote:Their possible minority owner sounds like he might be competent

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/ ... -numbered/

TenuredVulture wrote:I'm beginning to think Jerry Manuel was a scapegoat.

Soren wrote:

David Einhorn (born March 24, 1968) is President of Greenlight Capital, a "long-short value-oriented hedge fund", which he began with $1 million in 1996. Greenlight has historically generated greater than a twenty-two percent annualized net return for partners and investors.

Madoff's annual returns were "unusually consistent", around 10%, and were a key factor in perpetuating the fraud. Ponzi schemes typically pay returns of 20% or higher, and collapse quickly.

gp1 wrote:

Amazin's wrote:What happened to the 'Mets Suck' forum????

It became superfluous

Pond Scum wrote:

nynysportsports wrote:a rational person develops detachment to this torture.

there's nothing rational about being a fan

the highs never cancel out the lows, unless you're a phillies fan from 07-now, which means there are no lows

mozartpc27 wrote:

Pond Scum wrote:

nynysportsports wrote:a rational person develops detachment to this torture.

there's nothing rational about being a fan

the highs never cancel out the lows, unless you're a phillies fan from 07-now, which means there are no lows

mozartpc27 wrote:First line of the Wikipedia entry on David Einhorn:

David Einhorn (born March 24, 1968) is President of Greenlight Capital, a "long-short value-oriented hedge fund", which he began with $1 million in 1996. Greenlight has historically generated greater than a twenty-two percent annualized net return for partners and investors.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

Madoff's annual returns were "unusually consistent", around 10%, and were a key factor in perpetuating the fraud. Ponzi schemes typically pay returns of 20% or higher, and collapse quickly.