Interesting tid-but from Andy Martino in the News.
We asked a Mets front-office source if the revenue from attendance and television ratings created by a respectable team in August and September made it worth paying Beltran $6million. “You’re still probably saving a lot more by unloading the salary,” the source said, adding that Beltran’s contract, which prohibits the Mets from offering him arbitration and receiving compensatory draft picks, increases the incentive to trade him.
Hmmm so if Beltran doesn’t make up the $6m, how many tickets does it take to make Carl Crawford money.
Come on, now. Don’t go applying consistent logic to this stuff.
I’d guess Beltran is not going to generate $6 million in additional ticket sales this season, so they’re probably right. Who knows what waving the white flag too early in 2011 will do to 2012 season ticket sales, though…
I do think the Mets should move players like Beltran if they can unless they are able to gain some ground in the wild card and/or division race before the end of the month.