NEW YORK -- Once his hiring five years ago rounded out a star-studded front office, Paul DePodesta forecast that the New York Mets would function with the mantra “Moneyball with money.” As it turned out, the ownership’s losses in Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme resulted in the Mets not operating with a big-market payroll at all.
Still, the long rebuild finally is complete.
Nearly five years to the day of the Oct. 29, 2010 announcement of Sandy Alderson assuming the general manager’s role, the Mets will open the World Series on Tuesday against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.