We haven’t taken a look at the Mets payroll in a while. And now that the arbitration is nearly over, it is a good time to do it.
A few changes from last time. My initial projections did not include Rene Rivera and Josh Edgin, who I thought were non-tender candidates but apparently will be on the team (Edgin agreed to a deal to avoid arbitration, but the number has not been revealed. I put him in for $1 million, which is on the high side). I removed Jerry Blevins because I thought he would be an easy $6 million signing, but that has not proven to be the case.