This is good news. Best of all, the numbers look like they'll add up too:
"The Mets’ payroll at the start of 2011 was around $142 million, with many high ticket items coming off the 2012 payroll, including:
Luis Castillo, $6.25 million
Ollie Perez, $12 million
Carlos Beltran, $20.7 million
Jose Reyes, $11 million (we will add his new numbers in later)
Gary Matthews Jr., $1 million (yes, that Gary Matthews — maybe his dad should pipe down)
To date, New York has $66 million committed to contracts in 2012. They include:
Johan Santana, $21 million
Jason Bay, $18.1 million
David Wright, $15.2 million
R.A. Dickey, $4.75 million
D.J. Carrasco, $1.2 million"
Rich Coutinho adds later on:
"So to summarize:
$10 million for retaining arbitration eligible players
$66 million for committed contracts
$9 million For players under Mets’ control
$7 million for incumbent free agents aside from Reyes
That totals $92 million in estimated cost.
I think that’s high because it is assuming the Mets will keep all three arbitration-eligible players. Now, their payroll is likely to sit at $125-130 million, which would be $10-15 million less than last year. That means they would have anywhere from $33-38 million left to sign Reyes and spend on other players."
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