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Originally Posted by Duck From NY
They don't even have half the payroll of the Yankees. In fact, according to AP, the Mets were in the bottom half of MLB payrolls as a direct result of the Madoff Scandal. Some are accusing the Wilpons of using the Mets and it's associated properties as a sort of battery from which to recover their loses.
P.S. this is not off-topic.
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I stand corrected. My numbers were from quite a few years ago. Back then, the Yanks were paying almost 200MM while the Mets were in second around 120MM. Seems they've dropped to 88MM for this past season while the Yanks climbed to 228MM. Source:
Deadspin