New York Mets are a bit of a mess. They weren’t a very good team last year although first year manager Terry Collins did a good job. They are a team that always seems to have injuries and they can’t get out of their own way. The big elephant in the room is their ownership and the ongoing law problems with Bernie Madoff and the fallout from his ponzi scheme. The Mets had to cut their payroll by a huge amount this off-season. They haven’t done much of anything and their GM Sandy Alderson is now on Twitter poking fun of their situation. I find it pretty funny that he is able to do that and not feel any repercussions. The account has been said to be real and Alderson has been posting everyday. If anything maybe it will let the fans see the real side of Alderson and respect him more and take notice of the team in this way. The Mets heading into the spring figure to be no better then a 75 win team or so.
Can the Mets surprise people?? I would say no because they just don’t have...
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Terry Collins,
Sandy Alderson,
David Wright,
Jason Bay,
Ike Davis,
Johan Santana,
RA Dickey,
Michael Pelfrey,
Jon Rauch,
Frank Francisco
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