Tomorrow 8am - ‘The War Room’ Question - 9-23-12

                              ‘The War Room’ Question - 9-23-12

The Mets had a 2012 payroll of $94.508mil.

Sandy Alderson is on record saying the 2013 payroll will be in the “$100mil range”.

The current 2013 ‘books’ stand at $54.475mil. Assuming you renew RA Dickey (+$4.450) and David Wright (+$14,250mil, that will add $18.7mil, with a new 2013 total of $73.175mil)

Some decisions to make:

1.    You will have to add $5mil to this figure if you decide to keep Mike Pelfrey and that decision has to be made before December rolls around 

2.    You have to decide whether you DFA or sign the following players to new, more expensive contracts:

RP     John  Rauch                  $3.5mil

OF     Andres Torres               $2.7mil

RHP  Ramon Ramirez           $2.65mil

C       Kelly Shoppach            $1.35mil

IF      Ronny Cedeno              $1.15mil

OF     Scott Hairston              $1.1mil

RP     Tim Byrdak                   $1.0mil

Lastly, C Josh Thole, 2B Daniel Murphy, and 1B Ike Davis are entering their first arbitration year and will be due a sizeable raise from the minimum

So the question is this…

What kind of team will there be in 2013, what will be the salary, how much is left, and who does the Mets go shopping for?