fish7718 Posted March 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 (edited) Mets looking to sell minority stake for $200 MillionIt looks like the New York Mets are going to have one rough season both on and off the field. For investors who like to buy low, this could be the time to jump in. The New York Times reports that the team is looking to sell $200 million for a minority stake in the club. It is a "badly needed cash infusion that the team's owners would pour directly into the club's operations and use to pay off some of their debt," a source tells the paper. Also potentially on the table, the Times notes, is "a portion of SNY, their cable network." However, any negotiation for that would be handled as a separate transaction. "The owners believe that they can get more for a stake in the profitable SNY if it is not packaged with the team," the source to the Times told the paper. The team's status has fallen so much that "the $200 million could constitute as much as a 40 percent share of the club," according to the paper. But buyers who want to be eventual owners of the Mets shouldn't get too excited because the Times reports that potential bidders have "been advised that any deal to sell a minority stake will not include a future pathway to acquire the rest of the team." Fred Wilpon and family want to hang onto that. Of course, that could change. Selling a minority stake probably wasn't in the Wilpons' plans a few years ago, either. Source Whew brain fart didn't even read just over reacted, no one's going to buy unless they get 51% and no one should buy unless they do the way this team has been run. Edited March 31, 2011 by fish7718 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Oh boy Willie Harris I'm gonna LOVE you. the ideal 4th outfielder for me love this kid mad I spent the last few years hating him, great personality and sounds like a genuine good guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 And we are world series bound!!! Lol sadly this will probably be the highlight of the mets season and I didn't get to watch. I'll enjoy it until you guys come and ruin it for me and remind me it's only 1 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Btw I read an article during Chris Young's great spring training could be the best deal made by any team this offseason, if he keeps pitching like this then he could be right. Capuano looks promising as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Chris Young looked legitimately good tonight. Well, harder to tell in person than it was on TV probably. But he was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Loving this lineup, Pelfrey, eh not so much. Loved to see the fight today, credit Bastard for coming and shutting us down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Speechless at this point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 http://www.thefightins.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Martino.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 You didn't laugh at that at all? I miss Andy Martino . Wish he was still in Philly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Nah not really, usually when sports writers try to be funny it just completely fails to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 http://tapatalk.com/mu/a68988e1-c342-2e6e.jpg :glasses: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 David Wright stress fracture in his lower back <_< who even knows how long this is going to injure him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Fish, what do you think the Mets do with Reyes? Would you give him the 100+ mil contract that he'll be looking for? I know that they're rebuilding, and may not be very close.. but the dude is so young and is (talent-wise) a top 3 SS in baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Fish, what do you think the Mets do with Reyes? Would you give him the 100+ mil contract that he'll be looking for? I know that they're rebuilding, and may not be very close.. but the dude is so young and is (talent-wise) a top 3 SS in baseball.Yeah, very hot button issue with me right now. You can't let Reyes walk for nothing, just can't do it. At this point, you are a last place team with him and he is a top player at his position. If you let him walk for a god damn compensation pick then you are failing as a franchise for the next 3-4 years. By then Wright will be 31-32, Santana done. Just can't do it. Now I was totally against trading him, not to long ago, but it's a hell of a lot better than losing him. If you can trade him for a great looking young pitcher like a bumgarner+ a nice player or two, I'd say that wouldn't be so bad. Tejada can field SS just fine, and our line up is strong enough to over come losing Reyes, especially if Ike pans out, and Turner possibly. In the end, I think Alderson needs to be being a scumbag and just give Reyes the money he deserves, 5-6 years 90-100 mil is fine in my book. Look what Crawford and Jeter just got. They got the Money, Beltrans 19 mil is coming off, as is Reyes's 11 mil, plus a few other guys probably too..just do it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Just my 2 cents....I think the Mets have to trade him. Not even a question. Basically for the reasons Fish said. And even with all of the big contracts coming off the books soon, I don't see where the money for a Reyes mega-deal comes from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted June 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 2nd time this year we've come back from 7-0 what a rally, and without the great one in the line up! Hopefully we will win this game though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Haha what an awful passed ball for Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Jose Reyes #1 (#2 MLB) in NL in hitsT4 in NL in doubles#1 in MLB in triples#2 in MLB in steals#1 (#2 MLB) in NL in average#10 in NL with .880 ops if Mets win wildcard, he's a legitimate MVP candidate How the [expletive] is he not gonna get his money I hate this [expletive]ing team [expletive] all the haters who laughed at me when I said Reyes = Hanley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) Jose Reyes #1 (#2 MLB) in NL in hitsT4 in NL in doubles#1 in MLB in triples#2 in MLB in steals#1 (#2 MLB) in NL in average#10 in NL with .880 ops if Mets win wildcard, he's a legitimate MVP candidate How the [expletive] is he not gonna get his money I hate this [expletive]ing team [expletive] all the haters who laughed at me when I said Reyes = Hanley Where the Mets finish shouldn't be relevant to him winning/not winning MVP. Anyway, the Mets have to trade him. Right now. But as a Phillies fan I wouldn't mind if they hold onto him and get nothing for him . Edited June 26, 2011 by Phightins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Where the Mets finish shouldn't be relevant to him winning/not winning MVP. Anyway, the Mets have to trade him. Right now. But as a Phillies fan I wouldn't mind if they hold onto him and get nothing for him .How bout we hold onto him, resign him, and rape you next year If he is not a Met next year, gotta deal him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Over .500 for the first time since April 6th :o http://www.metsblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ReyesBeltranASG2011.jpg Reyes most triples and steals in his first 1,000 games since Ty Cobb Please just break out your check book now the guy is hit .350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 He is going to bring the Mets an epic haul of prospects, if they trade him (as they should). Premium position, second thinnest position around baseball. Somebody will pay up big time, guaranteed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted June 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 He is going to bring the Mets an epic haul of prospects, if they trade him (as they should). Premium position, second thinnest position around baseball. Somebody will pay up big time, guaranteed.Yeah but people don't want to be Cliff Lee'd... 2 games over .500, somebody pinch me, I'm getting excited... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Yeah but people don't want to be Cliff Lee'd... 2 games over .500, somebody pinch me, I'm getting excited... On this date last year, they were nine games over .500. *Pinch* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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