My teammate Adam Rubin has gone in-depth explaining about the Mets' financial difficulties. It gives the clearest picture yet of this complicated situation. Adam also, along with our buddies at ESPN Stats & Info, has figured out the Mets are likely going to have the largest payroll drop in the history of major league baseball.
If you are interested in what is happening with the Mets and what could happen in the future, these two stories are worth your time.
Part II comes tomorrow when Adam looks into if the Wilpons can remain in control.
In the meantime, I have to pull out this quote. It is from the first piece on the financial mess and it is from Jeff Wilpon in 2008.
If you are interested in what is happening with the Mets and what could happen in the future, these two stories are worth your time.
Part II comes tomorrow when Adam looks into if the Wilpons can remain in control.
In the meantime, I have to pull out this quote. It is from the first piece on the financial mess and it is from Jeff Wilpon in 2008.
"The individual partners lost some money at Madoff, but it doesn't affect the Mets," Wilpon, the team's chief operating officer, maintained in December 2008. "It doesn't affect the Citi Field project. It doesn't affect [regional sports network] SNY or any of our operating businesses.
"How is that possible? We have other money. Just because you guys don't know how much money we have, we have other money and other funds outside of this. It's called diversification."
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Adam Rubin
Adam Rubin has covered the Mets since 2003. He's a graduate of Mepham High School on Long Island and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He joined ESPNNewYork after spending 10 years at the New York Daily News.
Andrew Marchand
Andrew Marchand is a senior writer for ESPNNewYork.com. He also regularly contributes to SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, ESPNews, 1050 ESPN New York and ESPN Radio. He joined ESPN in 2007 after nine years as a sports writer at the New York Post.
Mark Simon
Mark Simon is ESPN Stats & Information's Baseball Research Specialist. He's also one of several Mets historians working at ESPN and a co-host of the Baseball Today podcast. He joined ESPN in 2002 after 6 1/2 years as a sports writer at the Trenton Times.
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