End of season: Released: OF Wily Mo Pena ($400k), IF Ramon Martinez ($750k), and signed RP Jack Egbert ($400k)… savings: $750,000.00
10-7: Mets acquired first baseman Eddie Lora (minimum minor league contract) and outfielder Chris Carter ($400K) for Billy Wagner ($10.5mil) – savings: $10,100,000.00
10-11: Mets grant free agency to: RP Jon Switzer – savings: $475,000.00
10-11: Mets grant free agency to P Connor Robinson – savings: $450,000
10-19: The Mets release RP Ken Takahashi. Savings: Takahashi had an incentive based minor league contract that could earn him up ti 1.5mil a year. I assume he earned it in 2009, since he pitched so well: savings: $1,500,000.00
11-5: The Mets have told J.J. Putz that they do not intend to pick up his 2010 option and will buy him out instead for $1 million. Putz's option would have been for $9.1 million. Savings: $8,100,000.00
11-6: 1B Carlos Delgado filed for free agency. Savings: $12,000,000.00.
11-6: C Brian Schneider filed for free agency. Savings: $4,900,000.00
11-6: IF Alex Cora filed for free agency. Savings: $2,000,000.00
11-6: The Mets exercized their option on SP Mike Pelfry, for $500,000.00. Last year, due to his original contract, he earned $2,900,000.00. Savings: $2,400,000.00
11-9: OF Gary Sheffield filed for free agency. – Savings: $400,000.00
11-10: P Elmer Dessens released – savings: $600,000.00
11-16: Passing on resigning OF Fernando Tatis at option rate… savings: $1,700,000
11-16: 16 AAA/AA players file for free agency… 13 are minimal salaries that will be offset by additional minor leaguers at same rate… three had individual contracts: IF Wilson Valdez (381K), C Robinson Cano (408K), and P Carlos Muniz (402K) – savings: $1,191,000
11-30: Mets sign Alex Cora – spending: $2,000,000
12-3: Mets tender John Maine – approx: $2,900,000
12-3: Mets sign C Chris Coste – spending: $600,000
12-3: Mets sign C Henry Blanco – spending: $1,500,000
12-10: Mets sign OF/1B Mike Hessman – spending AAA salary: $90,000
Total savings so far: $39,476,000.00
I really don't get the point of this. They are not saving this much money because other players are getting raises in arbitration or just due in their contracts.
ReplyDeleteand, when those arbitration figures, and raises, come into play, I will add that money back in and, on opening day, you will get a feel as to what the Mets decided to operate at, verses last year.
ReplyDeleteMack
Haven't the raises already come into play? They are already on the hook for those no matter what.
ReplyDeleteTo me it implies that you think the Mets are being cheap but there is no proof to that.