Paul’s Random Stuff: Mets aren’t a $130 million team

I read things on the internet that defend the Mets for having a large payroll, and they do – but Paul’s Random Stuff sums up the feelings of many Mets fans…

The Mets released a statement saying “we want to emphasize that the New York Mets will have all the necessary financial and operational resources to fully compete and win. That is our commitment to our fans and to New York.”

I don’t know how to take that statement any more. I am grateful that Fred Wilpon hasn’t instructed Sandy Alderson to start making trades to reduce the team’s payroll, which will come in between $130-$140 million next year.

But thanks to some bad decisions (Ollie Perez, Luis Castillo) and bad luck (Johan Santana, Carlos Beltran, Francisco Rodriguez, Jason Bay), it’s disingenuous to pretend that we’re going to be looking at a $130 million team on Opening Day.

Do the right thing and check out Paul’s site – he has been crushing lately.  I think Randy from The Apple has wrapped up my 2010 Blog of the Year award but Paul will be a strong contender for 2011.