Is A $110mil 2012 Team Salary Too High?

Let’s review the Mets 2012 salary situation at this point:



Cot Baseball reports that the Mets 2011 salaries totaled to: $ 142,797,166


So far, the following deletions have been executed for the 2012 season:


4-1-11: Released P Oliver Perez ($12mil)


4-1-11: Released 2B Luis Castillo ($6.25mil)


4-1-11: Released OF Gary Mathews ($1mil)


7-12-11: Traded P Francesco Rodriguez ($12,166,666)


7-28-11: Traded OF Carlos Beltran ($20,070,000)


To Date: - $ 51,486,666.00


That puts the current Mets 2012 salaries at: $91,310,500.


All five of the above positions have been filled by players from the system making the minimum $400K per year. That adds $2mil to the salaries, raising today’s estimates $93,310,500.


Current estimates is that the Mets 2012 salaries will top off at $110mil, which means there is $16,689,500 left to give Jose Reyes a raise, and decide who else will be on this team.


Note: The Mets have been operating in September with a payroll of $90mil. $110mil actually would be a decent increase.