$241 million was the total of the contracts for CC, Burnett and Tex last offseason.
BTW, after about May 22nd, because of injuries, the Mets never came close to putting that amount on the field. At one point in early September, they had about $90 million on the DL. #watercoolerfodder
@UkraineNotWeak: UkraineNotWeak is a 45 year old Senior Budget Analyst with the IRS who has a BA in Sports Arguments from The Steve Somers Sour Grapes School at WFAN University. #watercoolerfodder
And sorry, I didn't know a team should have astriks on that list if players, who get paid that money, are injured. But be sure to calculate loss to a team payroll per day on the DL, divided over his gross contract income for that year. #watercoolerfodder
@UkraineNotWeak: Very true. What organizations should do is blow a wad of cash and your entire farm system on one player so when someone goes down theres no one to fill in for him. #watercoolerfodder
And you're a typical Philadelphian with a severe inferiority complex when it comes to NYC. My original comment was not even directed at the Phillies but at the Yanks and their off season splurge to ensure that they got to and won the WS. Just stating the fact that the Mets were a bang up team this season. One of the major things the Phils had going for them this season was the fact that they were able to put the same six/seven guys out there day after day. Howard, Rollins, Utley, Victorino, Werth and Feliz all played over 150 games this season and Ibanez played over 130. Take Howard, Utley and Victorino out of the lineup for a significant chunk of the season and the Phils probably don't win the Division. Imagine having to run Eric Bruntlett and Matt Stairs out there day after day. Philadelphia, as a whole, would never stop whining about their luck. #watercoolerfodder
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--B. Simmons #watercoolerfodder
10/22/09
BEAT IT NERDS #watercoolerfodder
10/22/09
If you can't win after spending a quarter of a billion dollars on ballplayers in the offseason when can you expect to win? #watercoolerfodder
10/22/09
Yankees $201,449,189
Mets $149,373,987
Cubs $134,809,000
Red Sox $121,745,999
Tigers $115,085,145
Angels $113,709,000
Phillies $113,004,046
Well there goes that theory.
10/22/09
- Omar Minaya #watercoolerfodder
10/22/09
$241 million was the total of the contracts for CC, Burnett and Tex last offseason.
BTW, after about May 22nd, because of injuries, the Mets never came close to putting that amount on the field. At one point in early September, they had about $90 million on the DL. #watercoolerfodder
10/22/09
10/22/09
The Mets were injured this year?
And sorry, I didn't know a team should have astriks on that list if players, who get paid that money, are injured. But be sure to calculate loss to a team payroll per day on the DL, divided over his gross contract income for that year. #watercoolerfodder
10/22/09
10/22/09
And you're a typical Philadelphian with a severe inferiority complex when it comes to NYC. My original comment was not even directed at the Phillies but at the Yanks and their off season splurge to ensure that they got to and won the WS. Just stating the fact that the Mets were a bang up team this season. One of the major things the Phils had going for them this season was the fact that they were able to put the same six/seven guys out there day after day. Howard, Rollins, Utley, Victorino, Werth and Feliz all played over 150 games this season and Ibanez played over 130. Take Howard, Utley and Victorino out of the lineup for a significant chunk of the season and the Phils probably don't win the Division. Imagine having to run Eric Bruntlett and Matt Stairs out there day after day. Philadelphia, as a whole, would never stop whining about their luck. #watercoolerfodder
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10/22/09
Well, then, I might for the first and only time in my life root for the Yanks to win anything. #watercoolerfodder
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