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9/24/12
Mets 360 - The Business of Mets Baseball Part I – Wilpon history
The minor league players have left the clubhouses and the major league season is heading towards the playoffs. There’s plenty of coverage here from the other writers regarding what will go on in October, so I’m going to move down to the end of the dugout and revisit a subject I wrote in length about on my old blog.
It’s important for every fan to fully understand the current financial situation of the Mets. We’re not talking about the Bernie Madoff mess, which is old news for the bean counters on Roosevelt Avenue. No, this is a ‘money in, money’ out analysis of a business that is currently prevented from competing against their competition who have more assets rather than debtors.
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Enough of 2012
I don't know about you, but I've had enough of the 2012 season.
Remember, I said from the beginning that this was a 'rag tag team playing rag tag baseball. It was a fun ride before the all-star game, but we all knew by that Cubs series that it wasn't going to last, didn't we?
Bobby Ojeda said it best the other night. This team should have been well over 10 games above .500 at the break. The pitching was off the chart and the two-out hits were spilling over the cup. Yeah, it was great, but no one expected a return to the 1962 Mets
In my opinion, and that's all we have, isn't it, but someone has to take a bullet here. The owners have silenced themselves and taken the ability of the General Manager to change things away for now. The General Manager answers press questions with half-answers and throws the gauntlet to the manager. The manager tells the pitching coach to change pitchers 8-10 times a game letting the pitching coach take the hit. Then when nothing HE does works, he dumps it on the players and tells the press to go ask them if they quit
I've been in baseball clubhouses. You have no idea what it's like to have to answer every night for your shortcomings. Jeremy Heffner fought back tears the other night when Jay Horvitz brought the hoard to his pen first.That's the job. You get the microphones when you strike out 11 or can't last an inning. Kevin gets the first question and than Adam tried to interrupt everybody. I miss it so muchI'm moving on, or, maybe it's back. Remember, this is the 'Keith Olberman' potion of my career.Tomorrow, I'm going to project out next year's opening day lineups on the four full season teams. There's no way I will be close to correct, because we know the Mets always sign at least 10 outsiders to fill in the cracks they feel are in the system. We also have no idea how many players will start the season on the DL, be it a real injury or not
What I do know is that I will begin to do something positive here while using the word 'Mets' and, at the same time, point out just how many players are sitting out there waiting to see what their fate is with this team
Mack
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9/23/12
Draft 13 – 9-23-12 – Logan Koch, 2012 South Atlantic Border Battle Showcase, Jiovanni Orozco, Rob Mouton, Shaun Cole, Hunter Renfroe
South Mecklenberg HS (NC) catcher Logan Koch passed on to me an invite he has received for an upcoming showcase. I thought you would find this interesting and, hopefully, if you are in the area, attend to root him on:
We would like to invite you to play in the biggest showcase ever held on North Carolina soil. The 2012 South Atlantic Border Battle showcase event in Burlington, NC at Burlington Stadium home of the Burlington Royals Minor League Affiliate team will take place on Saturday, and Sunday November 3rd, and 4th. This event is STRICTLY INVITE ONLY. in collaboration with Major League Baseball we are compiling teams of talented players like you from South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland-Delaware-Pennsylvania, and New Jersey Each team will be represented by 20 players and will play 2 games each in front of dozens of college coaches and professional scouts. Best of all, the cost of this event is very minimal a $50 registration fee is all that is required when mailing in the attached registration form. All teams will be coached by Area Major League Baseball Scouts, and all of your uniforms will be provided by the MLB team that is coaching your area with the goal of putting you in front of the colleges and pro scouts to showcase your abilities.
On hand will be scouts from the Cards, Pirates, Mets, Rays, Red Sox, Padres, and Royals.In addition, I will be there to cover it for BLF.
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Sunday 8am - ‘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
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
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?
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9/22/12
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
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
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?
9/21/12
Draft 13 – Q and A – OF – Kevin Davis – T.R. Miller H.S. (AL)
Kevin – Sorry I haven’t got back to you, I just got home from Korea yesterday.
Mack – We’re you playing over there or negotiating a new treaty?
Kevin – Ha ha.. playing with the USA for the world championship !
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9/20/12
Draft 13 – Matt Hockenberry, Mater Dei, GSU, HCBL, Andy McGuire, Dick Cooke, Frankie Piliere, JP Crawford
No one is going to accuse the Temple Owls (19-34, 7-17 in conference) of being a baseball powerhouse, but you have to ‘start’ somewhere, so why not the pitching. Junior Matt Hockenberry (2012 – 5-4, 6.07, 75.2-IP, 51-K, 30-BB), were sent out to play summer ball with three other Owls, all sophomores, brothers Eric and Patrick Peterson and Adam Dian. ‘Hock’ pitched for the Geneva Red Wings of the New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) and was named the 11th overall best prospect in the league. Big time summer stat line: 4-0, 2.84, 30-K, 38-IP. Any Temple success this fall starts with Hockenberry every Friday night.
The battle between the CIF Southern Section and sports kingpin Mater Dei H.S. (CA.) has now entered its third year of litigation. Attorney fees are now estimated at exceeding $109,000. This all started with a lawsuit filed by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange County against former CIF Commissioner Jim Staunton for alleged bias towards its student athletes. Current and former Mater Dei stars include Ty Moore, Cory Hahn, Mike Hessman, Tony Pena, and Bob Meachem.
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The battle between the CIF Southern Section and sports kingpin Mater Dei H.S. (CA.) has now entered its third year of litigation. Attorney fees are now estimated at exceeding $109,000. This all started with a lawsuit filed by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange County against former CIF Commissioner Jim Staunton for alleged bias towards its student athletes. Current and former Mater Dei stars include Ty Moore, Cory Hahn, Mike Hessman, Tony Pena, and Bob Meachem. The rest of the post... http://bigleaguefutures.net/1/wp-admin/post.php?post=1287&action=edit&message=6
9/19/12
MMs Update
I have reopened Mack’s Mets to:
-host ‘The War Room’ on Sundays
-link to my high school/college interviews on www.bigleaguefutures.org
-link to my Sunday feature on www.mets360.com
-post occasional Q and A’s with readers
-offer time and space for other writers to post up their
own weekly feature.
-try to find paid work
-try to find paid work
Email me at: macksmets@gmail.com
if you are interested in securing my services, either as a Mets or draft writer, on an exclusive basis or not.
If not, see you on Sunday...
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