when the Mets are 20 games back in 4th place at the break?

sterling equities realestate div. ha

Indeed.

In Jeff Wilpon's back pocket

they will invest it by bringing back richard hildago. They are getting the band back together

to saul/jeffy/fred vacation funds lol.

It's becoming very clear that the Wilpons literally cannot afford to make the Mets a better team, David Wright deal be <damned (just makes the current payroll more like the last one), so they will penny-pinch every step of the way.

And to think some people here think that just the Wright deal was proof that the Wilpons had "seen the light" and were now willing to spend money....

You know that he's actually making LESS this year then he was last year, right?

His contract is back-heavy. Remind you an ownership that signed a lot of contracts last season? It should.

They back loaded Wright's contract, until Johan's money comes off the books>>>>

santana will be on the books from 2015 to 2021 for 5.4 million a season from his deferred salary.

well....where did it go last year? The "in season" spending was never going to be spent since they were convinced that the Mets were going to be out of it and therefore could sell that as a reason why the didn't spend....but then the Mets actually WERE competitive, but fell apart just in time for them to say "there's no point, we're out of it."

Yeah, it does. It reminds me of the MARLINS, and that makes it WORSE.

FINALLY, someone sees it. <Hell, they made the slide themselves by releasing specific information. As in, the "scouts" that went throughout the league to look for players, only to say that every one of them was "too pricey". The Wilpons are using propaganda tactics to get the results they need. They were probably not just convinced they weren't going to be in the hunt, they were probably BANKING on it. They literally cannot afford to field a competent, winning team, and them doing well in their condition would have put enough pressure on them to actually spend, and they couldn't have that.

I think Howard Johnson said it best on Twitter a few months ago: the "illusion of improvement".

when is the last time mets actually increased payroll at the trade deadline? maybe 2004. even though every year they say they have the funds to add midseason and improve team.