A partnership connected to the baseball team -- which had widely been rumored to have lost money investing with Bernard Madoff -- actually gained a net $48 million from its dealings with the convicted swindler, according to a bankruptcy-court filing.... The filing showed that the Mets Limited Partnership, which is connected with Sterling Equities Inc., owner of the Mets, deposited about $523 million into two accounts with Mr. Madoff -- and withdrew about $571 million.
Chalk it up as a Mets WIN
guess again. There were lots of people who lost millions and they are demanding restitution. I haven't been following the case all that closely but i thought that the feds were seeking out who made the money, and they planned on taking them to court to get it back ..
Here is what the Red Sox have in the early rounds:
First round No. 20 (From the Braves, compensation for Billy Wagner) Supplemental First Round No. 36 (Compensation for Jason Bay) No. 38 (Compensation for Billy Wagner) Second round No. 57 (From the Mets, compensation for Jason Bay)
Props to Theo Epstein. He traded two low-level prospects (Chris Carter and Eddie Lora) to the Mets and in return got 15 appearances from Billy Wagner (during which he had an ERA+ of 237) and two of the first 57 picks in the draft.
That is robbery.
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Here is what the Red Sox have in the early rounds:
First round No. 20 (From the Braves, compensation for Billy Wagner) Supplemental First Round No. 36 (Compensation for Jason Bay) No. 38 (Compensation for Billy Wagner) Second round No. 57 (From the Mets, compensation for Jason Bay)
Props to Theo Epstein. He traded two low-level prospects (Chris Carter and Eddie Lora) to the Mets and in return got 15 appearances from Billy Wagner (during which he had an ERA+ of 237) and two of the first 57 picks in the draft.
That is robbery.
It's funny, I was just talking to one of my best friends who is a Mets fan and he brought up the Wagner deal, hahaha.
Here is what the Red Sox have in the early rounds: First round No. 20 (From the Braves, compensation for Billy Wagner) Supplemental First Round No. 36 (Compensation for Jason Bay) No. 38 (Compensation for Billy Wagner) Second round No. 57 (From the Mets, compensation for Jason Bay)
Props to Theo Epstein. He traded two low-level prospects (Chris Carter and Eddie Lora) to the Mets and in return got 15 appearances from Billy Wagner (during which he had an ERA+ of 237) and two of the first 57 picks in the draft. That is robbery.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – If Jenrry Mejia is assigned to the Mets’ Double-A team, he’s not going to be stretched out enough to immediately contribute in the Binghamton rotation. Jerry Manuel is determined to begin using Mejia in short and frequent relief spurts, to gauge how he reacts to pitching in that capacity, the Daily News has learned. The expectation is Mejia will remain in big-league camp through the final week working as a reliever.
Wow. Wow. Wow. That is jaw-droppingly bad. That's Minaya-Era Mets bad..........oh wait
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – If Jenrry Mejia is assigned to the Mets’ Double-A team, he’s not going to be stretched out enough to immediately contribute in the Binghamton rotation. Jerry Manuel is determined to begin using Mejia in short and frequent relief spurts, to gauge how he reacts to pitching in that capacity, the Daily News has learned. The expectation is Mejia will remain in big-league camp through the final week working as a reliever.
Wow. Wow. Wow. That is jaw-droppingly bad. That's Minaya-Era Mets bad..........oh wait
Is this really a big deal though? Who cares if it takes Mejia a few games at Binghamtom to get stretched out...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – If Jenrry Mejia is assigned to the Mets’ Double-A team, he’s not going to be stretched out enough to immediately contribute in the Binghamton rotation. Jerry Manuel is determined to begin using Mejia in short and frequent relief spurts, to gauge how he reacts to pitching in that capacity, the Daily News has learned. The expectation is Mejia will remain in big-league camp through the final week working as a reliever.
Wow. Wow. Wow. That is jaw-droppingly bad. That's Minaya-Era Mets bad..........oh wait
Is this really a big deal though? Who cares if it takes Mejia a few games at Binghamtom to get stretched out...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – If Jenrry Mejia is assigned to the Mets’ Double-A team, he’s not going to be stretched out enough to immediately contribute in the Binghamton rotation. Jerry Manuel is determined to begin using Mejia in short and frequent relief spurts, to gauge how he reacts to pitching in that capacity, the Daily News has learned. The expectation is Mejia will remain in big-league camp through the final week working as a reliever.
Wow. Wow. Wow. That is jaw-droppingly bad. That's Minaya-Era Mets bad..........oh wait
Is this really a big deal though? Who cares if it takes Mejia a few games at Binghamtom to get stretched out...
They're looking at him as a reliever. For this year. For the 8th inning.
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the problem isn't that they are considering him in a bullpen role. There already is a lot of speculation that he's better suited to be a reliever. The problem is young pitchers shouldn't be jerked around between the bullpen and the rotation. Calling a starter up in August or September as a RP isn't a real big deal. But starting out the season as a RP, then building up your innings later and then back to the bullpen sounds risky to me.
Two other random points. Rushing a pitcher like this is usually done by a competitive team. Are the Mets thinking they are contenders? And when you're starting rotation is as shaky as the Mets is it really a good idea to mess around with your best starting pitching prospect?
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