I’m genuinely surprised by the number of people who think Terry Collins should be fired today. This is a roster that nobody can win with. I can’t say that with absolute certainty, since we haven’t seen any other manager try. But I’m hard-pressed to understand why anyone thinks so. Look,... Read More →
So I tackled the news that the Mets have borrowed another $700 million, almost certainly against their SNY ownership stake, here. But I just want to point out exactly why the valuation, and sum that came with, is a worst-case scenario, as I described this morning on Twitter. The Mets… Read More →
There’s been a fair amount of chatter this week about signing R.A. Dickey and David Wright to extensions. The two are easily the best players on the Mets in 2012, with both about three times as valuable as any other player and pitcher. The Mets hold options on both: $5… Read More →
Let’s get to a few topics in this enjoyable 6-3 start for the Mets. First, this weekend’s series. Taking two of three on the road is an awfully good thing to do, period. Doing it against a divisional opponent is even better. The Mets were getting to face the Phillies… Read More →
Well, that was quite an off day for the Mets owners. Fred Wilpon and his partners settled their lawsuit in the Bernie Madoff matter, reportedly sold $240 million in minority stakes to pay off some outstanding debts and upcoming 2012 debt and interest payments, and pushed back any reckoning for… Read More →
Huge news in Mets land, as Fred Wilpon and his partners avoided a trial that could have cost them $386 million with a settlement for $162 million. Interestingly, that number in current terms is zero. Why this happened, and what effect it has, I’ll be filing later today. I’m getting… Read More →
For those who want the full story of what’s about to come in the trials and tribulations of Mets ownership, here’s my story about the a href=”m.lohud.com/sports/article?a=2012303180067f=1170”trial./a
Ted Berg made the following observation over at his blog yesterday: “It doesn’t make a hell of a lot of sense to trade Ike Davis or David Wright right now, since both are arguably at the nadir of their value. Davis missed most of 2011 with a lingering ankle injury…. Read More →
I thought I ought to pass along this bit of news, so all of you have a sense of what the blog will and won’t be this coming year, and why that is. Since taking over the LoHud Mets Blog in March 2011, I have been credentialed numerous times by… Read More →
Good morning! Some worthwhile notes from around Mets land, as spring training still looms roughly a month away. The Mets avoided arbitration with all four eligible players. Mike Pelfrey will earn $5.68 million, Andres Torres checks in at $2.7 million, Ramon Ramirez will receive $2.67 million, and Manny Acosta will… Read More →
Well, the Met ownership has decided that the team’s financial struggles, which didn’t exist, then weren’t anyone’s business, then became part of a massive PR campaign through interviews in The New Yorker and Sports Illustrated, then were nobody’s business again, are once again worth publicly discussing. Fred Wilpon gave interviews… Read More →
As you’ve probably heard by now, I have a new book out. It’s called Wilpon’s Folly, and it tells the story of Fred Wilpon, Bernie Madoff, how the Mets arrived at this legal/financial point, and what to expect going forward. I spend many hours poring over documents, talking to principals… Read More →
You might have been wondering how that friends and family sale of minority shares in the New York Mets has been going. But Jeff Wilpon has news for you. Don’t. It’s none of your business. I have to assume there was a miscommunication here. Jeff Wilpon couldn’t have been referring… Read More →