After general manager Sandy Alderson revealed the organization lost $70 million last year, the Mets...

After general manager Sandy Alderson revealed the organization lost $70 million last year, the Mets appear poised to have the biggest one-year payroll drop in MLB history -- roughly $52 million. That would surpass the former record: $48.4 million by the Texas Rangers from 2003 to 2004, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

From ESPN New York. I don't miss Tom Hicks.

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We're #1 !!!!

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by SoWasRed on Jan 30, 2012 10:20 AM CST reply actions

Ol' Bernie.

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by Ryin A on Jan 30, 2012 10:26 AM CST reply actions

Those data should be inflation-adjusted

When they are, the Rangers are still #1 with a $57.6 million reduction in 2011 dollars.

Not mediocre. Right about average

by trza on Jan 30, 2012 10:52 AM CST reply actions

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by Mike E on Jan 30, 2012 11:02 AM CST reply actions

We dropped all that salary and won like 15-20 more games than the year before, right?

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by Gay For Feliz on Jan 30, 2012 11:10 AM CST via mobile reply actions

Went from 71 wins to 89

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by Gay For Feliz on Jan 30, 2012 11:11 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Which led to "managing expectations"

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by rooster on Jan 30, 2012 12:21 PM CST up reply actions

Payroll decline

There are numerous reasons to not miss Tom Hicks, but that payroll drop isn’t one of them. Recognizing where the team realistically was in the mid-2000s, tearing it down, and rebuilding was the only course of action that was ever going to succeed (as evidenced by what eventually occurred).

You don’t spend money when you are bad, you spend it when you are good.

by Darrell McKown on Jan 30, 2012 6:05 PM CST reply actions