Comments on: How Much Did Your Team Spend?

By: Building From the Ground Up. | Met Fan Left On Base

Building From the Ground Up. | Met Fan Left On Base — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:26:47 +0000

[...] Cooper over at Baseball America has a list of the money spent on the top ten rounds of the 2009 draft. The Mets unsurprisingly spent the [...]

By: Walt

Walt — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:34:56 +0000

Sure it’s risky, but draft dollars are the best investment in baseball. If you didn’t spend much, then you didn’t do a good job of drafting.

By: Allen

Allen — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:29:37 +0000

So given the amount spent by the Cardinals (middle of the pack)– did they get value for their ten picks?

By: JessD

JessD — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:13:12 +0000

Mike Pelfrey is a Boras client, drafted by the Mets.

By: AEC

AEC — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:18:29 +0000

The Mets intentionally avoided drafting high school players like Max Stasi, Zack Von Rosenberg, Brody Colvin and Luke Bailey. They knew who they were, and they knew they were not going to pay them.

And who was the last Scott Boras draftee of the Mets? Have they ever drafted a Boras client? Did they not pass on Rick Porcello and Matt Harvey?

Their farm looks like their spending position.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:14:34 +0000

Dodger= CHEAPEST TEAM IN THE MLB

By: Brendan

Brendan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:44:08 +0000

The Mets reluctance to pay overslot is well documented.

I just don’t understand how it’s possible (when looking at the state of their farm system) to lowball prospects.

By: John

John — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:34:12 +0000

Bring back Tony Bernazard!!

By: Grapeweasel

Grapeweasel — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:28:38 +0000

So if the Mets signed the same players, but gave each of them an extra million dollars, it would have been a great draft?

M’kay…….

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:08:42 +0000

Wow!!! How could a team in the biggest market spend the least amount of money?

Looks like Madoff has bankrupt Freddie Coupons!

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:03:05 +0000

The Mets are a joke.. how can they deny the financial dire straits they’re in any longer?

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:00:22 +0000

Wouldn’t it figure that the Mets went cheap?