The Mets were looking to make a move in the 2014 offseason that would improve the roster and make the Mets contenders for the Wild Card (that’s right… before the seasons we were hoping to be contenders). Michael Cuddyer was the man Alderson picked and, because none of us are perfect, I thought it was [...]
Last year the Brewers began a rebuilding phase. They traded away players on big contracts during the year, including Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Gomez, Gerardo Parra and Jonathan Broxton. The end result is that their end of year payroll was much lower than their Opening Day payroll. For this project, 2016 payrolls were based on 2015 [...]
