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
12-10: Mets re-negotiate recent contract signed with C Henry Blanco – reduction of $750,000 in base pay with additional monies tied to encentive performance bonuses – savings: $750,000
Total savings so far: $40,226,000.00
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